Chords for Hazel Dickens--"Pretty Bird"--28 October 2003

[B] _ _ [Eb] I'll tell you what, if I can't_
I've got to say something.
Hazel is one of the best unaccompanied singers.
Oh God, now I'm not going to sing.
Nobody can [Gb] hold a candle to her. _ _ _
_ _ [E] I _ think I better quit while [Bb] I'm ahead and just go on out the door there.
_ _ [Gm]
Let [C] me see. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'll do falsetto if I can. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ We were out in California _ _ [E] playing out there and [Bb] I took a terrible head cold
and [C] was sitting in the middle of San Francisco and had to go to bed.
_ _ I said, this [G] is terrible. _
_ [C] _ But anyway, I haven't been back that long.
This [Bb] song, I'm going to try a little of it.
If I can't hit it, I'll just quit. _ _ _
I sang it in the movie Cold Mountain [Eb] and I don't [Bb] know if they're going [C] to use it or not.
_ [Bb] They called the other night for my social security number.
I said, well, things are looking up. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I said, I was talking to a bunch of lawyers and I didn't know who they were.
[Eb] I said, well, did I meet you all down in North Carolina when I was down?
They said, no, no, honey, we're a [C] bunch of lawyers.
[N] I said, well, they're going to use my song?
_ He said, I don't know.
She said, I don't know.
I said, well, you tell T-Bone he better use my song.
He needs that song in that [C] movie. _ _ _ _
_ [N] Fly _ _ _ away, _ _ _ little pretty bird. _
_ Fly, _ _ _ [Bb] fly _ _ _ _ _ away. _
_ _ _ _ Fly, _ _ _ _ _ little _ _ _ pretty _ [C] bird.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ And pretty, _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ you will always _ _ stay. _ _ _ _
[Eb] I see [C] in your _ _ eyes the promise.
_ [Bb] Your _ _ _ _ _ own tender _ love _ _ you bring.
_ _ _ _ [C] But fly away, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ little _ _ _ pretty [C] _ bird.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ Cold _ _ _ run of the spring. _
_ Fly, _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Gb] fly away, _ [C] _ little pretty bird.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Fly, _ _ _ fly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ away.
[C] Fly, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
little _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
pretty _ _ _ bird. _
_ [Bb] _ And pretty, [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ you will _ always _ stay.
_ [Bb] _ _
Love's own tender _ flames warms this [C] meeting.
_ _ [Bb] _
And _ _ _ love's tender song _ _ _ should _ _ _ sing.
But fly _ _ away, _ _ little _ _ _ [C] pretty bird.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ And pretty, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
you will _ [Bb] always stay. _ _
_ _ _ I cannot make [C] you no _ promise.
_ [Bb] _
_ [A] For _ _ [Bb] love is such a _ delicate _ _ _ _ thing.
_ Fly _ away, _ _ _ _ little _ _ _ pretty [Gb] _ [C] bird. _
[Gb] _ _ For _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ he'd _ only clip your wing.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Fly _ [Bb] far [C] beyond the dark mountain.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ To where _ _ you'll be free _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
evermore.
_ _ [C] Fly, _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ little _ _ [C] pretty bird. _
To [Bb] _ _ where the cold _ _ _ _ winter _ winds don't blow. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [N] _ _