Missouri Bird Chords by John Stewart

[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ Sareepers, [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ lying [F] over old St.
Louis, [C] _ _ hear that [F] song they're singing to me.
[E] _ _ [Em] Go [Am] into the [G] world [C] while you're young, _ [F] _ _
[G] _ [Em] the preacher's _ [F] words. _
_ _ [C] _ _ Echo from [F] the old church [Em] steeple, _ stay [F] here with the decent people.
[E] _ _ Settle [Am] down and [G] marry [C] while you're young.
[Am] _ _
_ [Gm] If I go into [C] the world, Susanna, [F] oh, [G] will you [C] wait for me?
[F] If I [G] go into [C] the world, [Gm] Susanna, _ [G] _ [Cm] _ I'll [F] come back and tell [E] you what I've _ seen.
The [F] [C] seeds of [Em] _
change [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
grow [F] across the churchyard to [C] me. _ _
[F] Tombstone faces see right through [E] me. _
Today, so [Am] soon [G] tomorrow, _ [Em] and you're old.
[Am] _ _ [Gm] If I go into [C] the world, Susanna, [F] oh, will [G] you [C] wait for [Am] me?
[F] If I [G] go into [C] the world, [Gm] _ Susanna, [G] _
[Cm] _ I'll come [F] back and tell you [E] what I've seen.
_ [F] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [Em] _ Missouri [F] Bears, _ _
_ [C] _ [Em] _ [Am] lying over old St.
Louis, [Em] _ hear that [F] song they're singing to me.
[E] _ _ Go into [Am] the [G] world [Em] while you're young, [F] _ _ _
[Em] while you're young, [F] _ _ [Am] _
[C] while you're young.
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