Chords for Jerry Reed - The Bird

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Well, my throat was dry and it was getting late.
[D] I was at this bar on an interstate [A] when a guy with this bird on his shoulder [D] walked
through the door.
Yeah.
He proceeded to tell me the [G] wildest thing.
He said, Sir, [D] this bird of mine can sing [A] like no other bird you have ever [D] heard before.
_ Well, I kind of looked at the guy and said, Oh, really?
[G] He turned to the bird and said, Do old Willie.
[A] When the bird [E] started singing, I almost [D] fell in a pool. _
Whiskey River, take my [F] mind.
_ _ [G] Don't [Dm] let a memory haunt you, mate. _ _ _ _
Whiskey River, don't [A] run dry.
_ _ You're [Em] all I've got, take [D] care of me.
_ _ [C] Well, if that ain't the blurredest [D] thing. _ _ _ _ _
Well, I thought, Sir, what a heck of a thing.
[G] A man could get rich making that bird [A] sing and I could feel this [D] wild arm of yours come
_ And besides, I'm sitting here with [G] Dewey.
Hey, I'm probably blowing on beer anyway.
Then [A] he said, Hey, when you hear [D] him sing like George Jones.
_ He stopped [G] loving her today. _
_ _ _ A place to reach [C] upon his _ door. _ _
Soon they'll carry [D] him away. _ _
[G] _ [D] _ He stopped loving [G] her today.
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I said, Well, that does it, [G] sir.
Yep.
[C] I'd like to buy [A] that bird for the $500.
[Dm] Take him off your hand.
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Well, he thought for a while.
He said, [G] All right.
He handed me [C] the bird.
He said, Good [A] night.
He counted my money and out the [D] door he ran. _ _
_ [E] _ _ Well, I was thinking I'd found the [A] rainbows in it.
The money would soon be pouring [B] in.
When suddenly the bird just flew out the door and was gone.
_ Well, then it hit me.
I got boiling [A] mad because I knew right then and I didn't [B] have.
And as he flew off into the night, he was [E] singing this song.
_ On the road again. _
I just can't wait to get [Ab] on the road again.
[Ab] Somebody stop that bird.
Well, I've been [Gbm] making money with my friends.
[A] I can't [B] wait to get on the [E] road again. _
On the road again.
[N] My bird.
I just can't wait to get on the road again.
My $500.
_ Life I love is making money with my friends.
I can't wait to get on the road again.
Somebody get me a BB gun.
On the road again.
I want that bird.
I just can't wait to get on the road again.
This is for the bird.
I can't wait to _ _ _ _ get on the road again. _ _ _ _
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