The Bird

Capo on the 3rd fret.

Verse 1:
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        I curse the day she bought 
me that old bird
        Squalking,talking,telling 
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everything it ever heard
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        She never would have known 
           F
about Big Betty Brown and me
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        But he fowled up and told 
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her some things you won't believe


Verse 2:
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        Oh my woman moved out on me 
today
        And left that old stool 
                                G
pigeon parrot trembling in his cage
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        I hollered from the front 
             F
porch and stopped her at the curb
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        And the last thing i gave 
             C/G
her was the bird


Chorus:
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        Oh the last thing i gave 
           F
her was the bird
        And she returned the favor 
                     C/G
with a few selected words
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        I don't have to worry now 
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what's being overheard
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        'cause the last thing i 
               C/G
gave her was the bird


Verse 3:
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        She sat the cage beside her 
on the seat
        And left two streaks of 
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firestone smokin' on the street
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        The neighbors ran for cover
           F
 they could see she was disturbed
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        'cause the last thing i 
                C/G
gave her was the bird


Chorus (x2).

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        Yes the last thing i gave 
             C/G
her was the bird