Littlest Birds

Chords

Low-G Tuning

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Well I feel like an old hobo, I'm sad lonesome and blue,
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I was fair as the summer day now the summer days are through.
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You pass through places and places pass through you,
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But you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travellin' 
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Shoes.


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Well I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
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I wake you up in the mornin' so early, 
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Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
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   I got the wanderin' blues,
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And I'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
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And I'll sing :


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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.


F  C  G  (C  F  C  G  repeat x2)




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Well it's times like these I feel so small and wild 
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Like the ramblin' footsteps of a wanderin' child.
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And i'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill,
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Singin these blues with a warble and a trill.
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But i'm not too blue to fly,
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No i'm not too blue to fly 'cause



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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.



F  C  G  (C  F  C  G  repeat x6)  



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Well I love you so dearly I love you so fearlessly, 
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I wake you up in the mornin' so early 
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Just to tell you I got the wanderin' blues.
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   I got the wanderin' blues,
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And I don't wanna leave you I love you through and through.



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Oh I left my baby on a pretty blue train,
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And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain.
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  But I had the wanderin' blues,
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  And I sang those wanderin' blues.
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And i'm gonna quit these ramblin' ways one of these days soon,
    G    C
And i'll sing :


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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
    F        C              G         C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
    F        C              G         C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
    F        C              G         C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
    F        C              G         C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.
    F        C              G         C
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.



F  C  G   (C  F  C  G  repeat x 5)  C


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I don't care if the sun don't shine,
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I don't care if nothin' is mine.
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I don't care if I'm nervous with you,
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I'll do my lovin' in the wintertime.