Chords for Gene Maclellan : Snowbird (Nashville 71 original)

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_ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ Beneath its snowy mantle [F#m] cold and plain, _ [B] The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to [E] turn to green.
_ The snowbird sings the song he [A] always [F#m] sings, [B] That speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again [E] in spring.
When I was [G#m] young my heart was [F#m] young then too, _ [B] Anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I [E] would do.
_ But now I feel such emptiness [F#m] within, Oh [B] the thing that I want most in life's the thing that I [E] can't win.
_ Spread your tiny wings and [F#m] fly away, _ [B] And take the snow back with you where it came from [E] on that day.
The one I love forever [F#m] is untrue, _ [B] And if I could you know that I would fly away [E] with you.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
My mind [G#m] says that I only [F#m] want to be, _ [B] A wanderer and just like you I'm longing to [E] be free. _
_ But in my [G#m] heart I know it's [F#m] just a lie, For [B] without her love the vision of my happiness [E] would die.
_ The breeze along the river seems [F#m] to say, Oh that [B] she'll only break my heart again should I decide [E] to stay.
So little snowbird [G#m] take me with you [F#m] when you go, To [B] that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful [E] waters flow.
_ Spread your tiny wings and [F#m] fly away, _ [B] And take the snow back with you where it came from [E] on that day.
The one I love forever [F#m] is untrue, [B] And if I could you know that I would fly away [E] with you.
_ [B] Yes if I could you know that [A] I would fly _
_ [F#m] away [E] with you. _ _ _
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