CHORDS USED IN THIS SONG

F

E

F

Bb

C7

"Yellow Bird" by Norman Luboff, Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman

[F]Yel[E]low [F]bird
Up [Bb]high in banana [F]tree
[F]Yel[E]low [F]bird
You [Bb]sit all alone like [F]me

[Bb]Did your lady friend
[F]Leave the nest again
[C7]That is very sad
[F]Make me feel so bad

[Bb]You can fly away
[F]In the sky away
[C7]You more lucky than [F]me

[F]I also had a [Bb]pretty gal
[C7]She not with me to[F]day
[F]They all the same, the [Bb]pretty gal

[C7]Make them the nest
Then they fly a[F]way

[F]Yel[E]low [F]bird
[F]Yel[E]low [F]bird
[F]Yel...[E]low... [F]bird
[F] [F] [F]

Use the second position F chord for "Yel..." and the first position F chord for "tree".

Yel...

low

bird

up high in

banana tree




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