Chords for In Memory of - Kenny Rankin - Black Bird - Java Fest. Prod.

_ [C] _ _ [Bb] I _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] made my [E] first record when I was 17, _ but I started singing when I [Ebm] was 8 years old.
[G] I was in grammar [E] school _ and I was singing a song in a holiday _ [Eb] presentation and my teacher
came over to me and patted me on the [Am] shoulder and said, [C] Kenneth, that was lovely.
[Eb]
And I said, I'm going to get some more [Dm] of this.
_ So [D] she set me on the path of music that I find myself today.
[E] And then I made my first recording in 1957 _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [D] and I've been recording ever [C] since.
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
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[A] _ Do I remember the first song [G] I wrote?
Yes.
It was a [F] song called My Carousel and it was a lullaby that I [E] wrote [F] with my then wife,
Yvonne, _ [Eb] for our first child, [N] our son.
Do you remember it?
Yeah.
_ See the world as it goes by on my _ carousel.
Watch the children laugh and play by the wishing well.
_ See the daisies in the field, watch them as they grow.
_ _ Softly singing lullabies, _ sweetly soft and low. _
Have you ever seen a rainbow _ or its shiny _ part of gold?
_ Don't you know you can have that rainbow?
_ [G] Just reach out and make it your own.
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Pink and red and blue _ balloons, tie them to your [N] hand.
_ _ Close your eyes and make a wish, fly to _ fairy land. _
_ Bright yellow ribbons all shiny and new, _ play in the summer _ _ air. _ _
[Ab] All these things I [E] know are [Eb] true, my carousel [G] took me there.
_ [Gb] My _ carousel took me [F] there. _ _ _ _ _
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Maybe [F] I should have _ _ [Bb] saved those _ [Ab] leftover _ [Db] _
[A] jewels.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Funny, here's that rainy [G] _ day. _ _ _
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_ [F] Here's that [Fm] rainy day [G] they told _ [Bb] me about. _ _
_ [A] And I lifted the fire thought it [Ab] might turn [Gb] out this way. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Where's the worn out wish [Eb] that [F] I threw _ aside? _
[Db] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Ab] After it brought my love [Am] on me. _
[Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] And it's funny how [G] love _ [Em]
becomes a [Bm] cold and rainy day.
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ Funny that rainy [C] day is here, _ [Bm] _
quickly it did _ [E] appear. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] Funny that rainy day is [Ab] _ here. _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Blackbird [G] singing all _ [E] night. _ _ _
[Db] Take these [D] broken wings and [Em] learn to fly.
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All [C] your _ _ [Cm] life _ [G] you were [Am] only waiting for this moment to [G] _ arrive. _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [E] Blackbird singing [Em] all night. _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] Take these sunken eyes and [Bm] learn to _ see.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] All your [Bm] _ _ life [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ you [E] were [Bm] only [E] waiting for this [G] moment to be free.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] Blackbird _
[Gm] fly.
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_ _ [G] Blackbird [C] fly.
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_ [A] _ _ _ Into the dark of [E] a cold black _ _ _ [A] night. _
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_ _ [Db] All _ [C] your _ [Cm] life _ [G] you were [Em]
only waiting for [A] this moment to [G] be free.
You were just _ [Am] anticipating _ _ this moment to [G] be me.
You were _ [A] only [D] waiting for this moment [Bm] to be free. _ _
[D] Blah blah [E] blah blah blah.
[G] Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [Am] blah.
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Blackbird.
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_ _ Ooh ooh [C] ooh. _
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