Young Birds chords by Ewan MacColl
Verse 1
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Summer time,
the sun is high.
A
The earth is warm beneath the sky.
Dm
The young birds try their wings.
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Am
They're flying on their way.
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E
Am
Dm
Now they're flying on their way
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Dm
Am
School day's done,
it's time for play
Dm
Am
Time to put your books away
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Dm
It's time to say good -bye
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Am
We're flying on our way
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Now we're flying on our way
The nest is cold, the young bird's gone
A
Dove and eagle, lark and swan
Dm
In two northern lands
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Am
each one is flying on its way.
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Now they're flying on their
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way.
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Harvest time has come again.
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D
Young boys change into
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A
young men.
Dm
Impatient, then,
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they must be flying on their way
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Must be flying on their way
Summertime and winter sky
A
Storm and rain and winds are high
Dm
The young birds die,
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Am
their wings are broken, gone away.
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Wings are broken, gone away.
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Time of promise, time of dreams,
School boys, hopes,
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and children's schemes
Dm
have vanished now
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The dream is ended, gone away
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The dream is ended, gone away
Goodbye, Eagle, Lark and Swan
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Goodbye, Jimmy, Frank and John
Dm
The song is done, your journey ended,
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Am
gone away
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Journey ended, gone away
Young Birds
Ewan MacColl
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