Key: C
Introduction: D7M Bm6 B7M G#m6
Bm7
Today, my bird flew away,
Am7
Gone to find her big Blue Jay.
Bm7
Starlight before she took flight,
Am7 C9
I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland everynight.
Bm7 C9
I sang a lullaby everynight,
Bm7 C9
Sang for my Ava everynight.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone,
Em C7M Am7 D7
She's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
In the sanctuary, she has found,
Em C7M Am7 D7
Birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise,
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise.
Bm7
With dread, I woke in my bed,
Am7
To shooting pains up in my head.
Bm7
Lovebird, my beautiful bird,
Am7
Spoke until one day,
C9
She couldn't be heard.
Bm7
She spoke until one day,
C9
She couldn't be heard,
Bm7 C9
She just stopped singing.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone,
Em C7M Am7 D7
She's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
In the sanctuary, she has found,
Em C7M Am7 D7
Birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise,
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone,
Em C7M Am7 D7
She's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7(b5) F#7 B7
In the sanctuary, she has found,
Em C7M Am7 D7
Birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise,
Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise.