The Bird chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: D major

Verse 1

THE BIRD

Writers

Hal Coleman,

Barry Etrics

Verse 2
D D 
 
Well my throat was dry and I was
getting' late
A A 
 
G G 
 
And I was at this bat
on the interstate
A A 
 
When this guy with a bird on
D D 
 
his shoulder walked in the door
And he proceeded to tell
me the strangest thing
G G 
 
He said, "Sir this bird of mine can
D D 
 
A A 
 
sing like no other bird
You've never heard before!"
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Well I just looked at the guy
and said "Oh really?"
A A 
 
G G 
 
And he turned to the bird and
said"Do ole Willie"
A A 
 
When that bird started singing
D D 
 
I almost hit the floor.
G G 
 
Whiskey River take my mind
D D 
 
Don't let her memory torture me
A A 
 
Whiskey River don't run dry
D D 
 
You're all I got to take care of me
Well if that ain't the durndest thing
I thought, son, what a heck of a thing
G G 
 
A man could get rich
making that bird sing
A A 
 
And I could feel this wild idear
D D 
 
comin' on strong
I said, "I'm just sittin'
here with two weeks pay
G G 
 
And I'd probably blow it
all anyway
A A 
 
I'll buy that bird If he'll do
one more song."
D D 
 
Maybe I didn't hold you quite as
G G 
 
often as I should have
C C 
 
You were always on my mind
D D 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
You were always on my mind
G G 
 
I said, "well that does it sir, yep
I'd like to buy that bird
A A 
 
Would $500.00 take him off
D D 
 
your hands?"
Well, he thought for a while and he said,
"alright"
G G 
 
He handed me the bird and he said
D D 
 
"goodnight"
A A 
 
Counted the money and out
D D 
 
E E 
 
the door he ran
I was thinkin' I'd found
the rainbow's end
A A 
 
My ship would soon be rolling in
B B 
 
When that bird sailed out the door
E E 
 
And he was gone
And as I watched him leave I
got boilin' mad
A A 
 
'Cause I knew right then
that I'd been had
B B 
 
And as he faded in the night
E E 
 
he was singing this song
On the road again
Ab Ab 
 
I just can't wait to get on the road again
(Somebody stop that bird!)
The life I love is making
F#m F#m 
 
money with my friend
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
And I can't wait to get on the road

Outro 1
again
E E 
 
Ab Ab 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
Ab Ab 
 
F#m F#m 
 
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E

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