Chords for Dr Hook / Ray Sawyer - "Red Winged Blackbird" (Live)

[A] The Indians say [D] that the blackbird was [Em] flying too [D] close to the sun.
[G] The bright burning [Bm] flames changed his wings and his name.
[C] To [Ab] remind [A] him how far [D] he had come. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ On [A] the banks of the Yellow [D] River, Granny,
_ There's a [A] little stone shack [D] built by him.
_ [G] And a young [A] man with more [D] than a lot [Bm] on his mind,
[G] Sits and stares [A] out across the [D] desert sand. _
_ Let me [A] blackbird fly, _
_ Away from the wave [D] on the radar. _
_ I'll be there by [A] and by,
[G] When I'm on [D] my [Eb] way [D] back home. _
[A] In the dry, dusty month [D] of September, _
[A] He arrived in the West, [D] it's a spin. _ _
[G] In flight from [A] the [D] lies and the life [Bm] he had lived,
He [G] returned, [A] but he did [D] not know him. _ _
_ Let me blackbird [A] fly, _
Away from the [D] wave on the radar. _
_ I'll be there by [A] and by,
When [G] I'm on [A] my way [D] back home. _
_ _ _ One [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ morning _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
the [D] red-winged blackbird,
_ Left his bark around the bench before dawn.
_ [G] In flight from [A] the lies [D] and the life he [Bm] had lived,
[G] He returned, [A] but he did not [D] know him. _ _ _
Let me blackbird [A] fly,
_ _ Away from the wave on [D] the radar. _ _
I'll be there by [A] and by,
_ [E] [G] When I'm on [A] my way [D] back home. _ _
Let me [A] blackbird fly,
Away from the wave [D] on the radar. _ _
I'll be there by and [A] by,
[G] When I'm on [A] my way [D] back home.
_ [G] When I'm on [A] my way [D] back home.
When [G]
I'm on [A] my way [D] back _ _ home.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _