Key: C
Introduction:
C
Leave the bird upon her nest
Em F
Do not try to clip her wings protect the little things love
Dm C Am E7
That is best This world will tell you take just what you want
F C Dm
But you know a cage would only kill her song, oh darling
F Fm C
Do not harm.
C
Leave some flowers in the field
Em F
Do not take more that your share Leave some brilliance there love
Dm C Am E7
For beauty heals In life we want To keep, to hold, to own
F C Dm
But it's true some things are better left alone, oh darling
F Fm C
Do not harm.
C G Dm
I have known pain and want
Am
Oh the sting of ruination to my heart
F C
So I have learned to gently walk
Dm
'Til all I know of living now is
F Fm C
Do not harm
C
Baby this world is on fire
Em F
But don't you give it any fuel Be water to the flames dear
Dm C Am E7
With your sweet song Only love can douse the anger and the hurt
F C Dm
Draw the seed of hope Out of the ash and dirt, Oh my darling
F Fm C
Do not harm.
C G Dm
Should you know pain and want
Am
Oh the sting of ruination to my heart
F C
Then may you learn to gently walk
Dm
Love my little prayer for you is
F Fm Am
Do not harm.
C
You'll be ready soon to fly
Em F
As you shake the dust behind Always keep in mind love
Dm C Am E7
You're meant to heal In the way you hold the flowers and the bird
F C Dm
How you softly tread with love upon the earth, So my dear one
F Fm Am Dm F
Hear my heart, Oh my darling
Fm C
Do not harm.