Key:
Introduction:
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Yellow bird, sitting on my gate
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I didn't see you arrive
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You look right past me
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and take to the sky
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Yellow bird, where are you going?
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Who will you see? Will you return?
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It's December in the middle of Texas
Bb6 Dm C7+
I still haven't learned.
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Yellow bird, you left me a feather.
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It's dancing as it drifts to the ground.
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I pick it up and watch it shiver.
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Yellow bird, where are you now?
G F
In my mind, you're soaring over the scrublands
G F
and building a nest, brown and gray.
G F
In my heart you're thinking of me now
G F
looping around and heading my way.
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Yellow bird what are you singing?
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Do you remember the space that we shared?
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It's December and Texas is cold now.
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I'm thinking of you flying through the air.
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Yellow bird, sitting on my gate.
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I didn't see you arrive.
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Your heart is beating, you call to me,
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and take to the sky.