Chords for The Manhattan Transfer- BIRDLAND

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_ [Bm] Five thousand light [D] years from _ Birdland, [B] but I'm still [G] preaching the rhythm.
_ [B] Long gone, I'm like [D] years from _ Birdland, [B] and I'm still [C] teaching [G] that rhythm.
_ [Bm] Years from the land [D] of the bird, and [Bm] I am still [C] feeling [G] the spirit.
_ [Bm] Five thousand light [D] years from _ Birdland, [B] but I know [C] people [G] can hear it.
Bird named it, [Bb] _ bird made [Dm] it, bird [A] heard [C] it, band [F] played it, [G] well stayed [C] it.
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Birdland, _ it [A] happened down [C] in _
_ [G] Birdland. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ In the middle of that [G] hub, I remember one jazz club where we went to patch.
_ _ Down on _ _ 52nd Street.
_ Everybody _ heard that word that they named it [B] after _ Bird.
Where the rhythm [C] swooped and swirled, the jazz corner [D] of the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [C] gigged in there were beyond _ [G] compare.
_ _ Birdland, I'm swinging _ Birdland. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Birdland, I'm swinging Birdland.
_ [D] _ Hey _ _
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[F] man, the music's [G] in your [F] eye. _ _ _
[G] And thumb me on. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] Down them [B] stairs, lose them [Bm] cares, where?
[D] _ _ [C] Down [G] in Birdland, total [Em] [C] swing, Bob was king, there.
_ _ Down [Bm] in Birdland, Bird went kook, Max would look, where?
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Bm] miles came [C] through, train [G] came through, there.
_ Down in Birdland, Daisy, Boop, [C] Daisy, [Bm] Toot, where?
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, Cat and Boop, [C] hey that's [Bm] ho, there.
[E] _ _ Down in [G] Birdland, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
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_ There will never be nothing such as that.
No more Scooby-Doo, no more down in Birdland, that's where it was at.
I know, _ _ _ I know, _ Bob was right, ha ha.
_ _ _ _ Hello, and goodbye.
_ _ _ [F] I want those cats to [G] remember that Birdland king.
To play in Birdland is an honor, [F] he's still king.
[D] You, _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] the king of [G] the world, [F] should run off, yeah, ain't it.
[G] _ All of the cats [E] were cooking on people's side, [G] and they were steady looking on.
[F] Then Bird, he came and spread the [G] word. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Yes indeed he did.
_ Yes indeed he did.
_ _ [Bb] Yes [G] he really did.
Yes indeed he really did.
Yes indeed he did.
All the truth went down in Birdland. _
_ [B] _ Yes [D] indeed he did, _ [B] Yardbird, [C] Harker [G] played in Birdland.
_ _ [B] Yes indeed he [D] really did, [Bm] Johnny _ [C] Barnet.
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_ _ Bird made it, [Bb] _ Bird made [Dm] it, Bird [A] made [C] it.
Van played [B] it, [G] Vals played it.
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Birdland, it happened down [C] in _ [G] Birdland.
_ _ _ Everybody _ dug that beach, _ everybody [B] stomped their feet.
_ Everybody [C] did speed, bop, and they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, who's them [Bm] cares, yeah.
[E] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, total [C] sleep, Bob [G] was king, [C] yeah.
_ _ [Bm] Down in Birdland, Bird would cook, cats would look, yeah.
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Em] Vals didn't [C] poo, train came [G] too, yeah.
_ _ Down in Birdland, they'd see, Bird made it [Bm] too, yeah.
[E] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, cats did paw, they not [Bm] claw, yeah.
_ [E] Down in [G] Birdland, down them stairs, who's them [Bm] cares, yeah.
[E] _ _ [G] Down in Birdland, total sleep, Bob was [Bm] king, yeah.
[D] _ _ Down in [G] Birdland, Bird would cook, cats would [Bm] look, yeah.
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, Vals didn't poo, train came too, [Bm] yeah.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, they'd see, Bird made it too, [Bm] yeah.
_ [E] Down [C] in [G] Birdland, Vals didn't poo, train came too, [Bm] _ yeah.
[D] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, down them stairs, who's them [Bm] cares, yeah.
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, total sleep, Bob was [Bm] king, yeah.
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