Homing Bird chords by The Vipers Skiffle Group, Wally Whyton

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Verse 1
F 
C 
I  (F major) wish  (C major) I had a nickel
and I wish I had a dime
I wish I had a pretty girl,
G 
C 
 (G major) I'd love her all  (C major) the time
And if I had a needle,
G 
I would show her I  (G major) could sew
C 
I'd sew  (C major) her to my jacket
G 
C 
and  (G major) I'd never let  (C major) her go
Like a homin' bird, I gotta fly away
G 
But like  (G major) a homin' bird,
C 
be back some other  (C major) day
I wish I was an apple hangin' on a tree
So any time you're feelin' hungry,
G 
C 
 (G major) you would fancy  (C major) me
In the winter and the springtime,
through summer and the fall
Eb 
C 
 (E flat major) If   (C major) you can't be my lovin' sweetie,
G 
C 
well, I won't  (G major) have none  (C major) at all
Like a homing bird, I gotta fly away
G 
But like a hom (G major) ing bird,
C 
G 
C 
be back some oth (C major) er day  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
C 
Db 
 (G major)  (C major)  (D flat major) 
You'd wake up every morning
when birdies start to sing
March up to the table
Ab 
Db 
an (A flat major) d eat the same  (D flat major) old thing
But I declare if you were dead
I'd get an appetite
Ab 
Db 
 (A flat major) From  (D flat major) kissing you each morning
Ab 
Db 
and  (A flat major) squeezing you  (D flat major) at night
Like a homing bird I've got to fly away
But like a homing bird,
Ab 
Db 
D 
 (A flat major) be back some other  (D flat major) day  (D major) 
Won't always be a drifter,
just going place to place
Won't always be a drifter
A 
D 
who wants  (A major) to change  (D major) a place
Just settle down and stick around,
for me may be too tame
But if someday I'll marry you,
A 
D 
 (A major) I'll have myself  (D major) a plane
Like a homing bird, I gotta fly away,
Like a homing bird,
A 
D 
 (A major) be back some other  (D major) day
Like a homing bird, I gotta fly away, but
A 
D 
Like a homing bird, be back  (A major) some other  (D major) day
A 
D 
Be back  (A major) some other  (D major) day
A 
D 
Be back some oth (A major) er  (D major) day you