Yellow Bird
Bobby Vinton
RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
D
FdimDiagram coming soon
A7
D7
G
F#Diagram coming soon
Em7
D6Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
D Fdim D A7 D Yellow bird, up high in banana tree D Fdim D D A7 D D7 Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me G G/F# Em7 D D7M D6 Did your lady friend leave the nest again A7 Em7 A7 D D7M D7 That is very sad, makes me feel so bad G G/F# Em7 D F#m Bm7 You can fly away, in the sky away A7 Em7 A7 D You're more lucky than me D D7 G Em7 A7 Em7 Gdim D I also have a pretty girl she's not with me today D D7 G Em7 They're all the same, the pretty girls A7 Gdim A7 A7/13 A7 D They tend the nest, then they fly away D Fdim D A7 D Yellow bird, up high in banana tree D Fdim D A7 D D7 Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me G G/F# Em7 D D7M D6 Better fly away, in the sky away A7 Em7 A7 D D7M D7 Picker coming soon, pick from night to noon G G/F# Em7 D D7M D6 Black and yellow you, like banana too A7 A7 A7/13 A7 D They might pick you some day D D7 G Em7 A7 Em7 Gdim D Wish that I were a yellow bird I fly away with you D D7 G Em7 But I am not a yellow bird A7 Gdim A7 A7/13 A7 D So here I sit, nothing else to do D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim D Yellow bird, yellow bird, yellow bird
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Chord set
D · Fdim · A7 · D7 · G · F# · Em7 · D6 · F#m · Bm7 · Gdim
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.