Snowbird (1969)
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1. Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
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the unborn
grass lies waiting for it's coat to turn to green.
G Em Am
The snowbird sings the song he
always sings
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and speaks
to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring.
G Em Am
2. When I was young, my heart was young then, too
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anything
that it would tell me, thats' the thing that I would
do.
G Em Am
But now I feel such emptiness
within
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for
the thing that I want most in life is the thing that I can't win.
G Em Am
Spread your tiny wings and fly away,
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and take the snow back with you
where it came from on that day.
G Em Am
The one I love forever is untrue,
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and if I could, you know that I
would fly away with you.
G Em
Am
3. The breeze along the river seems to say
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that he'll only break
my heart again should I decide to stay.
G Em
Am
So, little snowbird, take me
with you when you go
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to
that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow.
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G
+ CHORUS
+ Yeah, if I could you know that I would fly away with you.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Anne
Murray)