Mary Chapin Carpenter (& Alison Krauss) - "I Was a Bird" Chords

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I was a bird that loved to fly, catching [Am] the wind as it [G] went south
[C] And I could touch every inch of sky, and the [F] sweetest [G] songs drilled [C] from my mouth
[F] I'm no bird [G] anyone [C] can see, [Am] there's no [F] wind waiting [G] for me
[C] It's just a dream, it's just a dream, [Am] to [F] be a bird [G] _ [C] flying free
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[C] _ _ I was a cloud that loved to drift, [Am] offering shade [F] to [G] lay upon
And the [C] greening sprays was my [Am] gift, and a summer day [G] was [C] my song
_ I'm no cloud [G] anyone [C] can see, [Am] there's just [F] dust [G] instead of green
It's [C] just a dream, it's just a dream, [Am] to be a cloud [G] _
[C] drifting free
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was a light that loved to dance, _ [Am] without a care [F] of [G] who might see
[C] I tempted [F] fate and [C] welcomed [Am] chance, and I [F] held the world [C] _ inside of me
The [F] clouds have [G] fled, and the [C] birds have flown, and the [Am] light that [F] was, is [G] all but gone
It's [C] just a dream, it's just a [Am] dream, to be a light, [G] to [Em] be a cloud, [Am] _
[F] to be a bird [G] _ flying free _ _
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