Hummingbird

Alex Clare

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: C Am  E  (2x)   
 
Verse:  
 
C                 Am                  E  
Take what you need and leave the rest  
No I don't mind, No I don't mind  
                       C                   Am              E 
I'll get this off my chest there's nowhere else I'd rather be  
 
C            Am             E  
Come flying in, and then again  
I'm not alone enough to pretend that   
               C                    Am                E  
I've seen the world there's nowhere else you'd rather be  
 
 
              F     C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                           F  
Hovering, hovering around me  
             C                E 
When I move near you to fly away 
               F       C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                         F  
Hovering, hovering near me  
             C             E 
When I move near you fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away 
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away   
            F  C  E  
Don't fly away  
 
Verse: 
  
C           Am                E  
What can I say? You have to wait  
I find it hard to say it to articulate  
   C                         Am               E  
I know that there's nowhere else you'd rather be  
C             Am              E  
It seems so clear I know it's true  
That all I wanna do is make love to you  
   C                         Am                E  
I know that there's no where else you'd rather be  
  
              F     C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                           F  
Hovering, hovering around me  
             C                E 
When I move near you to fly away 
               F       C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                         F  
Hovering, hovering near me  
             C             E 
When I move near you fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away 
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away   
            F  C  E  
Don't fly away  
 
 
Bridge: 
  
C          E        C                     E 
Birds in around my head, things you have done  
                    C            E            F 
The words you have said, my memory after you left  
    E               E (stay on E until chorus)  
I try but I can't forget  
 
  
              F     C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                           F  
Hovering, hovering around me  
             C                E 
When I move near you to fly away 
               F       C 
Like a hummingbird in flight you are  
E                         F  
Hovering, hovering near me  
             C             E 
When I move near you fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away  
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away 
            F  C  E 
Don't fly away   
            F  C  E  
Don't fly away

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Chord set

C · Am · E · F

Practice tip

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