Key: Bb major
Verse 1
B
C
Little birdie, little birdie,
G
C
come and sing me your song.
I've a short time to be here with you,
G
C
and a long time to be gone.
G
C
what makes you act so queer?
B
C
B
You have got no cause to worry,
G
B
ain't got no clothes to wear.
C
B
Little birdie, little birdie,
C
G
B
C
come and sing me your song.
G
C
B
C
I've a short time to be here with you,
G
C
and a long time to be gone.
B
C
B
Oh, I'd rather be a sailor
G
F#
B
and sail out upon the sea
C
B
C
B
Than to be a poor married man
G
B
with a baby on my knee
C
B
For a married man sees trouble
G
B
C
While a single boy sees none
B
C
B
Oh, I'd rather be a single boy
C
G
B
And to live all alone
C
B
C
B
Little birdie, little birdie,
C
G
C
come and sing me your song.
B
C
I've a short time to be here with you,
G
C
and a long time to be gone.
B
C
B
I'd rather be in some dark holler,
G
C
where the sun would never shine,
B
C
than for you to be another
C
G
when you promised to be mine.
C
G
C
B
Little birdie, little birdie,
C
G
C
B
come and sing me your song.
C
B
I've a short time to be here with you,
C
G
C
and a long time to be gone.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C G F#
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