Chords for The Manhattan Transfer - Birdland (Official Audio)
Tempo:
155.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Bm
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[B] [G]
[B] [C] [D]
[B] [G]
[B] [D]
[B] [G]
[Bm] [C] [D] I'm [B] still preaching [G] the rhythm.
[B] Long gone [C] like years [D] from Birdland.
And [B] I'm still [G] teaching the rhythm.
[Bm] Years from [C] the land of [D] the bird and [Bm] I am still [G] feeling the spirit.
[Bm] Far down [C] like years [D] from Birdland [Bm] but I know [C] people [G] can hear it.
Birds [A] named it, [Bb] birds made [Dm] it, birds heard [C] it.
Band [F] played it, [G] wells made [C] it.
[Cm]
Birdland, [Bb] it happened out in [C]
Birdland.
[G]
In the middle of that 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 [B] Bird.
Where the rhythm swooped [C] and swirled, the jazz corner of [D] the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [E] gigged in [C] there were beyond compare.
[G] Birdland, [C] I'm [G] singing Birdland.
Birdland, I'm swinging [A] Birdland.
[E] Hey man, the [G] music is wild.
[Bbm] [G]
And the man.
[Em] Down them [B] stairs, [Db] lose them cares, [Bm] where?
[D] [C] Down in [G] Birdland, [Em] total swing, [C] love was king, there.
Down [Em] in Birdland, bird would cook, [Db] cats would look, [Bm] where?
[E] [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Bm] miles came through, [G] train came to, there.
[Am] Down in [G] Birdland, lazy food, they [C] ate too, [Bm] [E] where?
[A] Down in [G] Birdland, cat and dog, [C] made that [Bm] hub, [E] there.
Down in [G] Birdland, yeah.
There may 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, the place was right.
Hello, goodbye.
[F] Those cats [G] remember their first Birdland gig.
To play in Birdland is an honor, [F] we still [D] dig.
[G] Yeah, [Gb] that club was like in [G] another world, [F] sure enough.
Yeah, baby.
[G] All of the cats [E] were cooking on people's side, [G] never stayed looking on.
[F] Then Bird, he came and spread the [G] word, Birdland.
Yes, indeed he did.
Yes, indeed he did.
Yes, he really did.
Yes, indeed he really did.
Yes, indeed he did.
[Em] All the croons went down in.
[Bm] Yes, [D] indeed he did.
[B] Yardbird, [C] Harker [G] played in Birdland.
[B] Yes, indeed he [D] really did.
[Bm] Down in [C] [G] Birdland.
[F] Bird made it, [Bb] Bird made [Dm] it, Bird [A] heard [C] it.
Dance played [B] it, [G] well said it.
[Dm] [Eb]
Birdland, [D] it happened down [C] in [G] Birdland.
Everybody dug back feet, everybody [B] stomped their feet.
Everybody [C] digs deep up, and they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, [Db] lose them [Bm] cares.
[E] Yeah, [Am] down in [G] Birdland.
Total [C] swing, Bob [G] was king.
[C] Yeah, [Bm] down in Birdland.
Bird would cook, cats would look.
[E] Yeah, [A] down in [G] Birdland.
[Bm] Biles did [C] poo, train came [G] too.
Yeah, down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [Em]
in [G] Birdland.
And it all came at [Bm] all.
[E] Yeah, [C]
[G] down them stairs, lose them [Bm] cares.
[E] Yeah, [G] down in Birdland.
Total swing, Bob was [Bm] king.
[E] Yeah, [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Birds would cook, cats [C] would look.
[Bm] Yeah, [E] [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Biles did poo, train [C] came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [Bb] [C]
[G] down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [E] [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Cats would poo, train came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [D] [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Down them stairs, lose [C] them cares.
[Bm] [E] Yeah, [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Total swing, [C] Bob was [Bm] king.
[Bb] Yeah!
[C] [G]
[C] [Bm] [B] [E]
[G]
[B] [G]
[B] [C] [D]
[B] [G]
[B] [D]
[B] [G]
[Bm] [C] [D] I'm [B] still preaching [G] the rhythm.
[B] Long gone [C] like years [D] from Birdland.
And [B] I'm still [G] teaching the rhythm.
[Bm] Years from [C] the land of [D] the bird and [Bm] I am still [G] feeling the spirit.
[Bm] Far down [C] like years [D] from Birdland [Bm] but I know [C] people [G] can hear it.
Birds [A] named it, [Bb] birds made [Dm] it, birds heard [C] it.
Band [F] played it, [G] wells made [C] it.
[Cm]
Birdland, [Bb] it happened out in [C]
Birdland.
[G]
In the middle of that 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 [B] Bird.
Where the rhythm swooped [C] and swirled, the jazz corner of [D] the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [E] gigged in [C] there were beyond compare.
[G] Birdland, [C] I'm [G] singing Birdland.
Birdland, I'm swinging [A] Birdland.
[E] Hey man, the [G] music is wild.
[Bbm] [G]
And the man.
[Em] Down them [B] stairs, [Db] lose them cares, [Bm] where?
[D] [C] Down in [G] Birdland, [Em] total swing, [C] love was king, there.
Down [Em] in Birdland, bird would cook, [Db] cats would look, [Bm] where?
[E] [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Bm] miles came through, [G] train came to, there.
[Am] Down in [G] Birdland, lazy food, they [C] ate too, [Bm] [E] where?
[A] Down in [G] Birdland, cat and dog, [C] made that [Bm] hub, [E] there.
Down in [G] Birdland, yeah.
There may 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, the place was right.
Hello, goodbye.
[F] Those cats [G] remember their first Birdland gig.
To play in Birdland is an honor, [F] we still [D] dig.
[G] Yeah, [Gb] that club was like in [G] another world, [F] sure enough.
Yeah, baby.
[G] All of the cats [E] were cooking on people's side, [G] never stayed looking on.
[F] Then Bird, he came and spread the [G] word, Birdland.
Yes, indeed he did.
Yes, indeed he did.
Yes, he really did.
Yes, indeed he really did.
Yes, indeed he did.
[Em] All the croons went down in.
[Bm] Yes, [D] indeed he did.
[B] Yardbird, [C] Harker [G] played in Birdland.
[B] Yes, indeed he [D] really did.
[Bm] Down in [C] [G] Birdland.
[F] Bird made it, [Bb] Bird made [Dm] it, Bird [A] heard [C] it.
Dance played [B] it, [G] well said it.
[Dm] [Eb]
Birdland, [D] it happened down [C] in [G] Birdland.
Everybody dug back feet, everybody [B] stomped their feet.
Everybody [C] digs deep up, and they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, [Db] lose them [Bm] cares.
[E] Yeah, [Am] down in [G] Birdland.
Total [C] swing, Bob [G] was king.
[C] Yeah, [Bm] down in Birdland.
Bird would cook, cats would look.
[E] Yeah, [A] down in [G] Birdland.
[Bm] Biles did [C] poo, train came [G] too.
Yeah, down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [Em]
in [G] Birdland.
And it all came at [Bm] all.
[E] Yeah, [C]
[G] down them stairs, lose them [Bm] cares.
[E] Yeah, [G] down in Birdland.
Total swing, Bob was [Bm] king.
[E] Yeah, [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Birds would cook, cats [C] would look.
[Bm] Yeah, [E] [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Biles did poo, train [C] came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [Bb] [C]
[G] down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [E] [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Cats would poo, train came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [D] [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Down them stairs, lose [C] them cares.
[Bm] [E] Yeah, [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Total swing, [C] Bob was [Bm] king.
[Bb] Yeah!
[C] [G]
[C] [Bm] [B] [E]
[G]
Key:
G
C
Bm
B
E
G
C
Bm
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ I'm [B] still preaching [G] the rhythm.
[B] _ Long gone [C] like years [D] from Birdland.
And [B] I'm still [G] teaching the rhythm.
_ [Bm] Years from [C] the land of [D] the bird and [Bm] I am still [G] feeling the spirit.
_ [Bm] Far down [C] like years [D] from Birdland [Bm] but I know [C] people [G] can hear _ it.
Birds [A] named it, [Bb] _ birds made [Dm] it, birds heard [C] it.
Band [F] played it, _ [G] wells made [C] it.
_ [Cm] _
Birdland, _ [Bb] it happened out in [C] _
Birdland.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In the middle of that 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 [B] Bird.
Where the rhythm swooped [C] and swirled, the jazz corner of [D] the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [E] gigged in [C] there were beyond compare.
_ [G] _ _ Birdland, [C] I'm [G] singing _ _ Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Birdland, I'm swinging _ _ [A] Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Hey man, the [G] music is wild.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [G] _
And the man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Down them [B] stairs, _ [Db] lose them cares, [Bm] where?
[D] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, [Em] total swing, [C] _ love was king, there.
_ Down [Em] in Birdland, bird would cook, _ [Db] cats would look, [Bm] where?
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Bm] miles came through, _ [G] train came to, _ there.
_ [Am] Down in [G] Birdland, lazy food, they [C] ate too, [Bm] _ [E] where?
_ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, cat and dog, [C] made that [Bm] hub, [E] there.
_ Down in [G] Birdland, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There may 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, the place was right. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hello, goodbye.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Those cats [G] remember their first Birdland gig.
To play in Birdland is an honor, [F] we still [D] dig.
[G] Yeah, _ [Gb] _ _ that club was like in [G] another world, [F] sure enough.
_ Yeah, baby.
[G] _ All of the cats [E] were cooking on people's side, [G] never stayed looking on.
[F] Then Bird, he came and spread the [G] word, Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yes, indeed he did.
_ _ Yes, indeed he did.
_ _ Yes, he really did.
Yes, indeed he really did.
Yes, indeed he did.
[Em] All the croons went down in. _
_ [Bm] _ Yes, [D] indeed he did.
_ [B] Yardbird, [C] Harker [G] played in Birdland.
_ [B] Yes, indeed he [D] really _ did.
[Bm] Down in _ [C] _ [G] _ Birdland.
_ _ [F] Bird made it, [Bb] _ Bird made [Dm] it, Bird [A] heard [C] it.
Dance played [B] it, [G] well said it.
[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
Birdland, [D] it happened down [C] in _ [G] Birdland.
_ _ _ Everybody _ dug back feet, _ everybody [B] stomped their feet.
_ Everybody _ [C] digs deep up, and they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, [Db] lose them [Bm] cares.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [Am] down in [G] Birdland.
Total [C] swing, Bob [G] was king.
[C] _ Yeah, _ [Bm] down in Birdland.
Bird would cook, cats would look.
_ [E] Yeah, [A] _ down in [G] Birdland.
[Bm] Biles did [C] poo, train came [G] too.
_ Yeah, _ down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [Em] _ _ _
in [G] Birdland.
And it all came at [Bm] all.
_ [E] Yeah, _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ down them stairs, lose them [Bm] cares.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [G] down in Birdland.
_ Total swing, Bob was [Bm] king.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Birds would cook, cats [C] would look.
[Bm] Yeah, [E] _ _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Biles did poo, train [C] came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [E] _ _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Cats would poo, train came too.
[Bm] _ Yeah, [D] _ _ [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Down them stairs, lose [C] them cares.
[Bm] _ [E] Yeah, _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Total swing, _ [C] Bob was [Bm] king.
[Bb] Yeah! _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ I'm [B] still preaching [G] the rhythm.
[B] _ Long gone [C] like years [D] from Birdland.
And [B] I'm still [G] teaching the rhythm.
_ [Bm] Years from [C] the land of [D] the bird and [Bm] I am still [G] feeling the spirit.
_ [Bm] Far down [C] like years [D] from Birdland [Bm] but I know [C] people [G] can hear _ it.
Birds [A] named it, [Bb] _ birds made [Dm] it, birds heard [C] it.
Band [F] played it, _ [G] wells made [C] it.
_ [Cm] _
Birdland, _ [Bb] it happened out in [C] _
Birdland.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In the middle of that 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 [B] Bird.
Where the rhythm swooped [C] and swirled, the jazz corner of [D] the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [E] gigged in [C] there were beyond compare.
_ [G] _ _ Birdland, [C] I'm [G] singing _ _ Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Birdland, I'm swinging _ _ [A] Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Hey man, the [G] music is wild.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [G] _
And the man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Down them [B] stairs, _ [Db] lose them cares, [Bm] where?
[D] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland, [Em] total swing, [C] _ love was king, there.
_ Down [Em] in Birdland, bird would cook, _ [Db] cats would look, [Bm] where?
[E] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, [Bm] miles came through, _ [G] train came to, _ there.
_ [Am] Down in [G] Birdland, lazy food, they [C] ate too, [Bm] _ [E] where?
_ [A] Down in [G] Birdland, cat and dog, [C] made that [Bm] hub, [E] there.
_ Down in [G] Birdland, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There may 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, the place was right. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Hello, goodbye.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Those cats [G] remember their first Birdland gig.
To play in Birdland is an honor, [F] we still [D] dig.
[G] Yeah, _ [Gb] _ _ that club was like in [G] another world, [F] sure enough.
_ Yeah, baby.
[G] _ All of the cats [E] were cooking on people's side, [G] never stayed looking on.
[F] Then Bird, he came and spread the [G] word, Birdland. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Yes, indeed he did.
_ _ Yes, indeed he did.
_ _ Yes, he really did.
Yes, indeed he really did.
Yes, indeed he did.
[Em] All the croons went down in. _
_ [Bm] _ Yes, [D] indeed he did.
_ [B] Yardbird, [C] Harker [G] played in Birdland.
_ [B] Yes, indeed he [D] really _ did.
[Bm] Down in _ [C] _ [G] _ Birdland.
_ _ [F] Bird made it, [Bb] _ Bird made [Dm] it, Bird [A] heard [C] it.
Dance played [B] it, [G] well said it.
[Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
Birdland, [D] it happened down [C] in _ [G] Birdland.
_ _ _ Everybody _ dug back feet, _ everybody [B] stomped their feet.
_ Everybody _ [C] digs deep up, and they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, [Db] lose them [Bm] cares.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [Am] down in [G] Birdland.
Total [C] swing, Bob [G] was king.
[C] _ Yeah, _ [Bm] down in Birdland.
Bird would cook, cats would look.
_ [E] Yeah, [A] _ down in [G] Birdland.
[Bm] Biles did [C] poo, train came [G] too.
_ Yeah, _ down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [Em] _ _ _
in [G] Birdland.
And it all came at [Bm] all.
_ [E] Yeah, _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ down them stairs, lose them [Bm] cares.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [G] down in Birdland.
_ Total swing, Bob was [Bm] king.
_ [E] Yeah, _ [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Birds would cook, cats [C] would look.
[Bm] Yeah, [E] _ _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Biles did poo, train [C] came too.
[Bm] Yeah, [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] down in Birdland.
Babies did poo, babies [Bm] took.
Yeah, [E] _ _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Cats would poo, train came too.
[Bm] _ Yeah, [D] _ _ [C] down in [G] Birdland.
Down them stairs, lose [C] them cares.
[Bm] _ [E] Yeah, _ [A] down in [G] Birdland.
Total swing, _ [C] Bob was [Bm] king.
[Bb] Yeah! _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _