Elvis Presley – Snowbird (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Gene MacLellan From: "Elvis Country" (1971) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 2/4 | C Em | Dm | G | G | C | [Verse 1]
  C               Em              Dm
Beyond this snowy mantle cold and clean

    G                                                 C
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green

    C                  Em              Dm
The snowbird sings the songs he always sings

    G                                                  C
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring
[Verse 2]
     C              Em                  Dm
When I was young my heart was young and true

   G                                                         C
Anything that it would tell me that’s the thing that I would do

    C               Em            Dm
But now I feel such emptiness within

        G                                                       C
For the thing that I want most in life’s the thing that I can’t win
[Chorus]
C                Em             Dm
Spread your tiny wings and fly away

    G
And take the snow back with you 

         G                  C
Where it came from on that day

    C             Em        Dm
The one I love forever is untrue

    G                                               C
And if I could, you know that I would fly away with you
[Verse 3]
    C                Em             Dm
The breeze along the river seems to say

            G                                            C
That you’ll only break my heart again should I decide to stay

          C                Em                Dm
So little snowbird take me with you when you go

        G                                                C
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow
[Chorus]
  C               Em             Dm
Spread your tiny wings and fly away

    G
And take the snow back with you 

         G                  C
Where it came from on that day

    C             Em        Dm
The one I love forever is untrue

    G                                               C
And if I could, you know that I would fly away with you
[Coda] 2/4
      G                                 F          Dm        | C | C | C
Yeah, if I could, you know that I would fly-y-y-y-y away with you