Key: Eb major
Verse 1
F#
D#m
F#
E
B
A bird with feathers of blue
Dm
D
C#m
E
is waiting for you,
C#m
G#m
B
C#m
F#
back in your own back
B
F#
E
B
yard.
F#
B
You'll see a castle in Spain
Ddim
C#m
E
C#m
E
through your windowpane,
C#m
F#
E
B
F#
B
back in your own backyard.
G#m
D#m
Oh, you can go to the east,
D#m
F#
someday you'll come.
C#
C#m
right where you started from.
F#
B
You'll find your happiness
E
C#m
lies right under your eyes.
B
E
B
F#
B
Back in your own backyard.
Bm
B
E
A
If it's hard to leave the continent
B
Bm
B
A#dim
F#
and your spirit starts to wane
E
A
Just remember, there's a girl for
Where? Up in Maine
D
Ddim
Bdim
Em
If you've been to Asi a Minor
A
D
E
when Asia Minor was in style
A
C#
F#
B
Then you'll find Wyoming finer
Bm
D
A
E
Bm
than Asia Minor ever was
Em
Bm
Em
A
by a mile
but they haven't got the
C#m
B
kick of your own gal.
G
A
Must you be shown, pal?
B
C#
She's all alone, pal, in Indiana.
C#m
F#
F#sus4
B
Hurry,
Csus4
C
hurry, don't delay.
C#
D
You gotta board a steamer today.
D#m
D#
D#m
E
Mister, mister, here's my dough.
E#
C#m
Give me a ticket, I got ta go.
F#
B
All aboard, all aboard
E
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
What a rate, look how slow we're moving
B
C#m
E
C#m
E
He can't wait to be in the groove
C#m
F#
E
B
E
in Cairo Illinois
F
F#
D#m
F#
I can see my mammy cryin'
D#m
G#
Gosh oh gee, how his heart is
D#m
F#
B
E
Flyin' like an auto gyro
D#m
G#
C#
To be hard, you'll find your happiness
Edim
D#m
lies right under your eyes.
B
Ddim
back in your own,
G
F#
G#
back in your own backyard.
C#
Ddim
C#
Aaaaaahhh! Applause
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