Chords for Roger Whittaker - Yellow bird (1975)
Tempo:
120.25 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
D#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
[F#]
[C#]
Yellowbird, [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree.
Yellowbird, [G#]
you sit all alone [C#] like me.
[F#]
Did your lady [C#] friend leave the nest [G#] again?
Oh, how very [C#] sad, make me feel [F#] so bad.
You can fly [C#] away, in the sky [G#] away.
You're more lucky [C#] than me.
I also have [F#] a pretty gal, [C#]
she not with me today.
[D#] [C#]
They all [F#] the same, these pretty gals.
[G#]
[D#] They leave the nest and they fly [C#]
away.
Yellowbird, [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree.
Yellowbird, [G#] you sit all alone [C#] like me.
[F#]
Black and yellow [C#] you, like banana [G#] too.
You'd better fly [C#] away, in the sky [F#] away.
If he could come [C#] soon, he'd pick from night to [G#] moon.
He might pick you [C#] someday.
I wish that I was [F#] a yellowbird.
[G#]
I could fly away [C#] with you.
But I am [F#] not a yellowbird.
[G#]
So here I sit, nothing [C#] else to do.
Yellowbird, yellowbird,
[C] yellowbird.
[C#] [E]
[F#]
[C#]
Yellowbird, [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree.
Yellowbird, [G#]
you sit all alone [C#] like me.
[F#]
Did your lady [C#] friend leave the nest [G#] again?
Oh, how very [C#] sad, make me feel [F#] so bad.
You can fly [C#] away, in the sky [G#] away.
You're more lucky [C#] than me.
I also have [F#] a pretty gal, [C#]
she not with me today.
[D#] [C#]
They all [F#] the same, these pretty gals.
[G#]
[D#] They leave the nest and they fly [C#]
away.
Yellowbird, [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree.
Yellowbird, [G#] you sit all alone [C#] like me.
[F#]
Black and yellow [C#] you, like banana [G#] too.
You'd better fly [C#] away, in the sky [F#] away.
If he could come [C#] soon, he'd pick from night to [G#] moon.
He might pick you [C#] someday.
I wish that I was [F#] a yellowbird.
[G#]
I could fly away [C#] with you.
But I am [F#] not a yellowbird.
[G#]
So here I sit, nothing [C#] else to do.
Yellowbird, yellowbird,
[C] yellowbird.
[C#] [E]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
D#
C
C#
G#
F#
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#]
you sit all alone [C#] like me.
_ [F#] _
Did your lady [C#] friend leave the nest [G#] again?
Oh, how very [C#] sad, make me feel [F#] so bad.
You can fly [C#] away, in the sky [G#] away.
You're more lucky [C#] than me. _ _
I also have [F#] a pretty gal, _ _ [C#]
she not with me today.
[D#] _ _ [C#]
They all [F#] the same, these pretty gals.
[G#]
[D#] They leave the nest and they fly [C#]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree. _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] you sit all alone [C#] like me.
_ [F#] _
Black and yellow [C#] you, like banana [G#] too.
You'd better fly [C#] away, in the sky [F#] away.
If he could come [C#] soon, he'd pick from night to [G#] moon.
He might pick you [C#] someday.
_ I wish that I was [F#] a yellowbird.
_ [G#]
I could fly away [C#] with you. _
But I am [F#] not a _ yellowbird.
[G#] _
So here I sit, nothing [C#] else to do. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yellowbird, _
_ _ _ [C] _ yellowbird.
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#]
you sit all alone [C#] like me.
_ [F#] _
Did your lady [C#] friend leave the nest [G#] again?
Oh, how very [C#] sad, make me feel [F#] so bad.
You can fly [C#] away, in the sky [G#] away.
You're more lucky [C#] than me. _ _
I also have [F#] a pretty gal, _ _ [C#]
she not with me today.
[D#] _ _ [C#]
They all [F#] the same, these pretty gals.
[G#]
[D#] They leave the nest and they fly [C#]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] up high in banana [C#] tree. _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ [G#] you sit all alone [C#] like me.
_ [F#] _
Black and yellow [C#] you, like banana [G#] too.
You'd better fly [C#] away, in the sky [F#] away.
If he could come [C#] soon, he'd pick from night to [G#] moon.
He might pick you [C#] someday.
_ I wish that I was [F#] a yellowbird.
_ [G#]
I could fly away [C#] with you. _
But I am [F#] not a _ yellowbird.
[G#] _
So here I sit, nothing [C#] else to do. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yellowbird, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ yellowbird, _
_ _ _ [C] _ yellowbird.
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _