Sweet Bird Of Youth chords by Eddy Arnold

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Verse 1
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Sweet bird of youth,
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why did you have to leave?
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You were so good to me,
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sweet bird of youth.
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The taste of apple jelly on
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a   slice of bread
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A      glass of cold sweet
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milk to wash it  down
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The book about Tom Sawyer
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that my mother read
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Each night before the
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Sandman came around
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The shortcut that I used each
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day to go  to school
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The stones I threw that
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skipped across the pond
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The little church where I was taught
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the golden rule
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The bicycle I tore my trousers on
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Sweet bird of youth,
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why did you have to leave
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You were so good to me,
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sweet bird of youth
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The trip to town
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along the dusty gravel road
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The    cowboy shows that
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only cost a dime
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The comic books I traded
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for that spotted toe
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The shaggy dog that tagged along behind
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The first time that my brother
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let me use his car
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The baseball game when
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I hit two home runs
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The birthday when I got the
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old Palm Beach guitar
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The dreams that always go
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with being young
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Sweet bird of youth,
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why did you have to leave
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You were so good to me,
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sweet bird of youth you