G         320003
C6/G      302013
C/G       332010
D/F#      200232
D         xx0232
NC        No Chord (tacet - do not play)

No Capo

This Tab based on acoustic Songs of the South Volume 1 (and 2 CD volume 1 & 2).
In my opinion this is the nicest version of the song.


[INTRO]
G   C6/G   G   C6/G
G   C6/G   G   C6/G


[VERSE]
G            C6/G     G       C6/G
When I first met your mother
G            C6/G  G
I was playing in a bar
C/G                   G
She walked in with my girlfriend
D/F#
My foolish girlfriend brought her there
G             C6/G            G     C6/G
She looked so pretty and dangerous
G              C6/G     G
As she brushed back her hair
C/G               G
And I was not the only one
       D/F#           G
Taking notice in that bar
C/G          D        G   C6/G   G   C6/G
When I first met your ma

 
[VERSE]
G            C6/G         G      C6/G
When I first kissed your mother
G            C6/G  G
I was single once again
C/G                       G
We walked through Fitzroy Gardens
D/F#
There she took my hand
G            C6/G     G       C6/G
We could not stop our kissing
G        C6/G            G
Then she whispered in my ear
C/G                 G
'Soon you'll get to know me - baby
D/F#                G
So let's not go too far
C/G          D           G
When I first kissed your ma


[CHORUS]
C/G         D          G
Love like a bird flies away
C/G         D           G
You'll find out the only way
C/G        D/F#         G   C6/G   G   C6/G
Love like a bird flies away

[HARMONICA]
G   C6/G   G   C6/G

 
[VERSE]
G             C6/G  G       C6/G
When we first lay together
G          C6/G     G
Inside her father's house
C/G               G
We tried so to be quiet
D/F#
As we held each other close
G        C6/G     G        C6/G
Then her dad came bounding
G         C6/G            G                        C6/G
He said, “get out of boy, get out of my daughter’s room”
C/G                   G
I walked two miles in Melbourne rain
D/F#                             G
I probably could have walked ten more
C/G          D/F#         G
When I first loved your ma


[CHORUS]
C/G         D          G
Love like a bird flies away
C/G         D           G
You'll find out the only way
C/G         D/F#        G   C6/G   G   C6/G
Love like a bird flies away


[HARMONICA] to verse chords
G    | C6/G |   G  |      |
C/G  |      |   G  |      |
D/F# |      |      |      |
G    | C6/G |   G  | C6/G |
G    | C6/G |   G  |      |
C/G  |      |   G  |      |
D/F# |      |   G  |      |


[CHORUS]
C/G         D          G
Love like a bird flies away
C/G         D            G   strum /
You'll find out the only way
NC                     G   C6/G   G   C6/G   G
Love like a bird flies away