Key: Eb major
Verse 1
C#
A#m
C#
B
F#
A bird with feathers of blue
Am
A
G#m
B
is waiting for you,
G#m
D#m
F#
G#m
C#
back in your own back
F#
C#
B
F#
yard.
C#
F#
You'll see a castle in Spain
Adim
G#m
B
G#m
B
through your windowpane,
G#m
C#
B
F#
C#
F#
back in your own backyard.
D#m
A#m
Oh, you can go to the east,
Bbm
Db
someday you'll come.
G#
G#m
right where you started from.
C#
F#
You'll find your happiness
B
G#m
lies right under your eyes.
F#
B
F#
C#
F#
Back in your own backyard.
F#m
F#
B
E
If it's hard to leave the continent
F#
F#m
F#
E#dim
C#
and your spirit starts to wane
B
E
Just remember, there's a girl for
Where? Up in Maine
A
Adim
Gbdim
Bm
If you've been to Asi a Minor
E
A
B
when Asia Minor was in style
E
G#
C#
F#
Then you'll find Wyoming finer
F#m
A
E
B
F#m
than Asia Minor ever was
Bm
F#m
Bm
E
by a mile
but they haven't got the
G#m
F#
kick of your own gal.
D
E
Must you be shown, pal?
F#
G#
She's all alone, pal, in Indiana.
G#m
Db
Dbsus4
Gb
Hurry,
Gsus4
G
hurry, don't delay.
Ab
A
You gotta board a steamer today.
Bbm
Bb
Bbm
B
Mister, mister, here's my dough.
C
G#m
Give me a ticket, I got ta go.
C#
F#
All aboard, all aboard
B
G#
G#m
G#
G#m
What a rate, look how slow we're moving
F#
G#m
B
G#m
B
He can't wait to be in the groove
G#m
C#
B
F#
B
in Cairo Illinois
C
C#
A#m
C#
I can see my mammy cryin'
A#m
Eb
Gosh oh gee, how his heart is
Bbm
Db
Gb
B
Flyin' like an auto gyro
A#m
D#
G#
To be hard, you'll find your happiness
Bdim
A#m
lies right under your eyes.
F#
Adim
back in your own,
D
C#
D#
back in your own backyard.
G#
Adim
G#
Aaaaaahhh! Applause
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