The Birdland Story (1952-07-11) chords by
Eddie Jefferson

N/A•

Key: Bb major•

Verse 1

G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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Stop, while I

tell the story about

Em

Em

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James

Moody.

D

D

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C#m

C#m

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C#

C#

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C#dim

C#dim

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C#m

C#m

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A

A

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D

D

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Em

Em

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He's on, he got in a ses sion,

G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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Em

Em

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E

E

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D

D

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Bb

Bb

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and he really blowed his top, he just couldn't stop, boy.

C

C

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D

D

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E

E

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When he started blowin' everybody stood right up in their seats,

Em

Em

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E

E

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cause he was really crazy.

A

A

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Em

Em

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C

C

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And the whole house was swingin' and swayin',

D

D

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A

A

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Em

Em

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D

D

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E

E

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cause they knew what he was tryin' to say,

C#m

C#m

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A

A

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Em

Em

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A

A

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Every body got deep down in the groove and

Am

Am

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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started riding and the rhythm was flying

E

E

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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I know cause I heard

A

A

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Em

Em

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D

D

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Yes, I was there when

C

C

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E

E

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Em

Em

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E

E

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Rudy took his horn and started to blow

Em

Em

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Boy, he blowed

G

G

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Good

C

C

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Lord, I'm back in

New

Em

Em

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York

E

E

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It makes me very happy, yes,

C#

C#

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so very, very happy

C#m

C#m

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A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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Just to be back in the city

Em

Em

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I loved your old

D

D

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Paris, it was crazy

E

E

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But my mind got kinda hazy for the

Am

Am

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A

A

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ones I wanted to be with

D

D

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And you know my habitus is

C

C

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E

E

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Em

Em

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found right here in the city

D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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I first picked up my horn and I got a

D

D

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G

G

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cab and went straight down to

D

D

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Fdim

Fdim

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Birdland

C#

C#

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C#dim

C#dim

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C

C

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A

A

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The first one that I met there was

C

C

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Charlie

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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E

E

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D

D

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He was standing at the bar with dicks

Bb

Bb

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Am

Am

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Hav ing a little taste,

D

D

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they had time to waste

E

E

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C

C

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D

D

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The rhythm section hadn't come in

But

G

G

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Polly took a seat and started into

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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playing and everybody said

C

C

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A

A

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He was puttin' in such a

Em

Em

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D

D

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groovy feelin' and I know it

C#

C#

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He really laid me out

C#m

C#m

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Ray

C#dim

C#dim

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Brown and

C

C

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Edim

Edim

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C

C

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Shadow were keep

G

G

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Em

Em

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C

C

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in' the rhythm

Em

Em

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E

E

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D

D

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And it sounded mighty pretty

C

C

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Then one of the tenors started

D

D

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Am

Am

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D

D

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Am

Am

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swingin'

G

G

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E

E

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Somebody screamed,

James

Em

Em

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G

G

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E

E

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Moody has really got to blow now

D

D

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C

C

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Moody went and picked

D

D

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up his horn

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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And nobody made a sound

E

E

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That's when the yard

C#m

C#m

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C

C

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looked round and said

Em

Em

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E

E

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Go ahead and blow it, swing it,

C

C

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Moody

Em

Em

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C

C

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Em

Em

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You've got the feeling that I had

E

E

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C

C

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Am

Am

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when I was young and a gay

D

D

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G

G

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Tell the folks just what you've

Fdim

Fdim

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E

E

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Em

Em

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D

D

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got to say

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Then the houses started rockin'

G

G

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C

C

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when the yard stood up

And took a couple choruses

D

D

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Dm

Dm

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C#

C#

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he wigged me

G

G

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C

C

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He was blowin', blowin',

C#dim

C#dim

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blowin' away

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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Bb

Bb

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C#

C#

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And he sounded mighty pretty

Bb

Bb

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D

D

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Em

Em

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D

D

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You'll never know the feeling

Em

Em

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D

D

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C

C

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I had way deep down inside

D

D

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A

A

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G

G

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D

D

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Em

Em

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of course unless you were there it was a saturday

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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Em

Em

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C

C

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night i'll never forget cause that's feeling real

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Gm

Gm

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good going going going way to the top of the sky they're

C

C

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G

G

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really shopping there can't be no doubt

C#

C#

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C

C

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C

C

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about it they will leave you in a groove hey

C

C

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everybody mood is blowing the blues

G

G

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Chords

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C#m
C#
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Bb
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Dm
Bm
Gm

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Birdland Story (1952-07-11) by Eddie Jefferson is Bb major.

The primary chords used in The Birdland Story (1952-07-11) are Bb, Gm, Eb, F, Fbm, Fb.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bb, Gm, Eb, F, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Birdland Story (1952-07-11) is approximately 71 beats per minute.

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