{t:Snowbird} {st:Anne Murray (Gene McLellan, 1970)} {sot} Swiss Army Strum 4/4 | d - D u - u d u | 1 2 & & 4 & Or try fingerpicking: |----------M-------------| |----I-----------I-------| |-T-----------------T----| |-------T----------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & {eot} Be- [G] neath it's snowy [Bm] mantle cold and [Am] clean [/] [Am] The [D7] unborn grass lies [/] waiting for its [/] coat to turn to [G] green The [G] snowbird sings the [Bm] song he always [Am] sings [/] And [/] [D7] speaks to me of [/] flowers that will [/] bloom again in [G] spring When [G] I was young my [Bm] heart was young then [Am] too [/] [Am] And any [D7] thing that it would [/] tell me that's the [/] thing that I would [G] do But [G] now I feel such [Bm] emptiness with- [Am] in [/] [Am] For the [D7] thing that I want [/] most in life's the [/] thing that I can't [G] win [G] Spread your tiny [Bm] wings and fly a- [Am] way [/] [Am] And [D7] take the snow back [/] with you where it [/] came from on that [G] day The [G] one I love for- [Bm] ever is un- [Am] true [/] [Am] And [D7] if I could you [/] know that I would [/] fly away with [G] you The [G] breeze along the [Bm] river seems to [Am] say [/] [Am] That he'll [D7] only break my [/] heart again should [/] I decide to [G] stay So little [G] snowbird take me [Bm] with you when you [Am] go [/] [Am] To that [D7] land of gentle [/] breezes where the [/] peaceful waters [G] flow [G] Spread your tiny [Bm] wings and fly a- [Am] way [/] [Am] And [D7] take the snow back [/] with you where it [/] came from on that [G] day The [G] one I love for- [Bm] ever is un- [Am] true [/] [Am] And [D7] if I could you [/] know that I would [/] fly away with [G] you Yeah [D7] if I could you [/] know that I would [Am] fly … [/] [Am] [D7] away with [G] you [/] [G] [/] [G] [/] [G↓] #Capo on 2nd fret to play along with video. #video=peWwHTTKmVw#vend #Last Updated 12/01/18 JJ #ubl