Birthday Song original guitar chords by
Don Mclean 
Key: A major•
Verse 1
Amaj7
F#m
If I could say the things I feel,
Bm
E9
it wouldn't be the same
Amaj7
F#m
Some things are not spoken of,
Bm7
E13
some things have no name
Amaj7
F#m
Though the words come hard to me,
Bm7
F
Amaj7
I'll say them just for you
Amaj7
E7
this feeling is so new
Chorus 1
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
You see I love the way you love me
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
Love the way you smile at me
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
I love the way we live this life
Amaj7
D/F#
E7
we're in
Amaj7
D/F#
E7
Verse 2
Amaj7
F#m
Long ago I heard the song,
Bm
E9
that lov ers sing to me
Amaj7
F#m
And through the days with each new phrase
Bm7
E13
I hummed that melody
Amaj7
F#m
And all along I loved the song
Bm7
F
but I never learned it through
Amaj7
F#m7
Oh, but since the day you came along,
Amaj7
E7
I've saved it just for you
Chorus 2
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
You see I the way you love me
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
Love the way you smile at me
Amaj7
Bm7
E7
I love the way we live this life we're
Bridge 1
D
D/C#
Bm7
(in)
D
D/C
G
I don't believe in ma gic
Cmaj7
Am7
but I do believe in you
Dm
Dm/C
G
And when you say you believe in me
Am
Bm7
E7
There's so much magic I can do
Verse 3
Amaj7
F#m
Now you see me now you don't
Bm
E9
watch me dive below
Amaj7
F#m
Deep down in your love lake
Bm7
E13
where the sweet fish come and go
Amaj7
F#m
And I might sink and I might drown
Bm7
F
but death don't mean a thing
Amaj7
F#m7
'Cause life continues right or wrong
Amaj7
F#m7
when I play this birth day song
Amaj7
B7
I learned from you,
E7sus4
A
and you can't even sing
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Amaj7
F#m
Bm
E9
Bm7
E13
F
F#m7
E7
D/F#
D
D/C#
D/C
G
Cmaj7
Am7
Dm
Dm/C
Am
B7
E7sus4
A
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Amaj7
F#m
Bm
E9
Bm7
E13
F
F#m7
E7
D/F#
D
D/C#
D/C
G
Cmaj7
Am7
Dm
Dm/C
Am
B7
E7sus4
A
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