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Little Bird

Annie Lennox

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E
A×
D××
C#m7Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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hide this tab Chords used  : 
    E   A   D   C#m7   F#7add4   A2    B 
e---0---0---2----0-------0------- 0----2------- 
b---0---2---3----0-------0--------0----4------- 
g---1---2---2----6-------3--------2----4------- 
d---2---2---0----6-------4--------2----4------- 
a---2---0---x----4-------4--------0----2------- 
e---0---0---x----x-------2--------x----x------- 
 
Intro  
(No Chord) 
Ahh ahh,  ahh ahh, ahh ahh, ahh ahh 
 
E                                          A          E                                            
 
E                                          A          E 
 
 
verse 1 
E                                             A          E 
             I look up to-oo-oo the - little bi-i-ird that glides acro-oss the sky-y-y 
E                                             A          E 
             He sings the cleare-est - melody-ee-ee-ee. It makes me wa-ant to cry-y-y-y 
D       A         E        
 It makes me want to sit right down and cry cry cry-y - yeah. 
 
 
verse 2 
E                                            A           E 
             I walk alo-o-ong the - city stree-ee-eets so dark with ra-age and fea-ear 
E                                             A          E 
     And I...I wish that I-i-i could - be that bi-ird and fly-y away from he-e-ere 
D    A   E        
 I wish I had the wings to fly away from here - yeah. 
 
 
 
C#m7         F#7add4                     
But my my I feel so low.  My my where do I go? 
C#m7         F#7add4            
    My my what do I know? My my we reap what we sow. 
A2           C#m7 
    They always said that you knew best but 
A2           C#m7            
This little bird's fallen out of that nest now 
A2           C#m7 
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed 
B                         E 
So I've just got to put these wings to test 
 
 
Break (as intro) 
E                                          A       E                                            
            Woo-ooo-wooh. Ahh ahh.    Woo-ooo-wooh. Ahh ahh. 
E                                          A          E 
            Woo-ooo-wooh. Ahh ahh.    Woo-ooo-wooh. Ahh ahh. 
 
 
verse 3 
E                                             A          E 
         For I am ju-u-ust a-a - troubled so-o-o-oul who's weighted - weighted to the ground  
E                                             A          E 
          Give me the stre-e-ength to - carry o-o-on 'till I - can lay my burden dow-ow-own 
D    A         E        
    Give me the strength to lay this burden down down down yeah 
B    A         E 
    Give me the strength to lay it down 
 
 
 
C#m7         F#7add4                     
But my my I feel so low.  My my where do I go? 
C#m7         F#7add4            
    My my what do I know? My my we reap what we sow. 
A2           C#m7 
    They always said that you knew best but 
A2           C#m7            
This little bird's fallen out of that nest now 
A2           C#m7 
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed 
B                         E 
So I've just got to put these wings to test 
C#m7         F#7add4                     
But my my I feel so low.  My my where do I go? 
C#m7         F#7add4            
    My my what do I know? My my we reap what we sow. 
A2           C#m7 
 
A2           C#m7            
(Let me tell you one ti-i-ime) 
A2           C#m7 
 
B                         E 
                    Oo-ooh - yeah 
 
Outro (as intro) 
E                                          A       E                                            
               
E                                          A       E 
          
 

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Chord set

E · A · D · C#m7 · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.