Birdland Chords by The Manhattan Transfer

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[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _
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[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ I'm [B]
still preaching [G] the rhythm.
[B] _
Long gone I'm like [D] years from Birdland.
[B] And I'm still [G] teaching that rhythm.
[Bm] _
Years from the land [D] of the bird.
And [Bm] I am still [G] feeling the spirit.
_ [Bm] _
Five thousand light [D] years from Birdland.
[Bm] But I know people [G] can hear it.
Bird named it.
[Bb] _ Bird made [D] it.
Bird heard [C] it.
And [F] played it.
[G] Well, stayed it.
[C] _ _ [Eb] _ Birdland.
[G] It happened out [C] in Birdland.
[G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In the middle of that hub, I remember one jazz club.
Where we went to pat feet _ down on _ _ 52nd Street.
Everybody _ heard that word that they named it [B]
after Bird.
Where the rhythm [C] swooped and swirled.
The jazz corner [D] of the world.
[Dm] And the cats they [E]
gigged in [C] there were beyond compared.
[G] _
_ _ _ [C] Birdland.
I'm singing [G] _ _
_ _ _ Birdland. _ _ _
_ _ _ Birdland.
I'm swinging _ _ _ Birdland. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hey, _ [G] _
what?
_ _ _ _ It's not me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Down them [B] stairs.
[Db] Loose them [Bm] chairs.
Where?
_ [D] _ _ [A] Down in [G] Birdland.
[Em] Total [C] swing.
My heart was kinked.
There.
_ Down in [G] Birdland.
[Bm] Bird would cook.
Max would look.
Where?
_ [Am] _ Down [G] in Birdland.
[Bm] Miles came [C] through.
[G] Train in two.
There.
[Em] _ _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland.
Daisy who?
[C] Lady [Bm] too.
Where?
[E] _ _ [D] Down in [G] Birdland.
Cat and ball.
[C] Lady's back [Bm] up.
_ [E] There.
_ [C] Down in [G] Birdland.
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ There will never be nothing but just that.
No more Scooby-Doo.
No more down in Birdland.
That's where it was at.
I know.
_ _ _ I know. _
_ This spot was right. _ _
Hello.
_ _ _ _ Goodbye. _
_ _ [E] I well, those cats [G] remember that [Gb] word Birdland did.
[D] To play in [G] Birdland is an honor we [E] still [D] dig.
Yeah.
[G] _
_ _ _ That [D] club was like in [G] another world.
_ [E] Yeah.
I mean it.
[G] _
[Ebm] All of the cats were cooking on [D] people's side.
[G] And they were still looking on.
Then [E] Bird, he came [D] and spread the [G] word.
Birdland. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yes indeed he did.
_ _ Yes indeed he did.
_ _ Yes he really did.
Yes indeed he really did.
Yes indeed he did.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[C] Yes [D] indeed he _ did.
[Bm] _
_ _ [G] Yes _ _ _ _
[B] _ indeed he [D] did.
Yes indeed he really _ did.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
Yes indeed [Bb] he really did.
_ Yes [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ indeed he really [B] did.
[G] Yes indeed he really did.
[C] _ [Eb] Yes indeed he really did. _
[Bb] Yes indeed [B] he really did.
[C] _ _ [G] Yes _ _ _ indeed he really did.
_ Everybody _ [B] stomped their feet.
_ Everybody [C] did speed bop.
And they'll never [G] stop.
Down them stairs, [Db] lose them [Bm] cares.
Yeah.
_ [Am] Down in [G] Birdland.
[Em] Total swing, [C] _ [D] bop was [C] king.
_ Yeah.
[Bm] Down in Birdland.
Bird would cook, _ [Db] cats would [Bm] look.
Yeah.
_ [A] _ Down in [G] Birdland.
Bison, [C] goo, drinking [Em] too.
_ Yeah.
Down in [G] Birdland.
Daisy, moo, [C] making too.
[Bm] _
_ Yeah.
[G] _ Down in Birdland.
_ _ Cannonball, getting [C] at [Bm] all.
[E] Yeah.
_ _ In [G] Birdland.
Down them stairs, [C] lose them [Bm] cares.
[E] Yeah.
_ [G] Down in Birdland.
Total swing, _ [C] bop was [Bm] king.
Yeah.
[E] _ Down in [G] Birdland.
Bird would cook, _ [C] cats would look.
[Bm] _
_ [E] Yeah.
[A] Down [D] in [G] Birdland.
Bison, goo, drinking [C] too.
[Bm] _
[Bb] Yeah.
_ [Am] _ [C] Down in [G] Birdland.
Daisy, moo, making [C] too.
[Bm] _
_ [E] Yeah.
[A] Down in [G] Birdland.
Down them _ _ _ [C] stairs, lose [Bm] them cares.
Yeah.
[Bb] _ _ [E] [C] Down in Birdland.
[G] _
Down them stairs, lose [C] them [Bm] cares.
Yeah.
[E] _ _ [G] Down in Birdland.
Total swing, _ [C] bop was [Bm] king.
Yeah.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _