Gordon Bok – Wild Birds (Guitar)
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Chords
by Jan Harmon
[Verse 1]
C Dm Lights flicker on in a town 'neath the mountain F G where night first comes down, like a patch of black satin. C Dm And the road seems too long between Casper and Jackson F G when you're tired of traveling alone.
[Chorus]
F C Blackthorne and Cottonwood drink up the Muddy. G C C7 Just buckwheat and sky between Cheyenne and Cody. F Dm C Am Like a maple wing sown under red leaves blown down G C it's time to be going back home.
[Verse 2]
C Dm I crossed the Wind River on my way to Big Timber. F G People were friendly. The aspen was amber. C Dm Folks sang all the choruses they could remember. F G And I slept in a room of my own.
[Chorus]
F C Blackthorne and Cottonwood drink up the Muddy. G C C7 Just buckwheat and sky between Cheyenne and Cody. F Dm C Am Like a maple wing sown under red leaves blown down G C it's time to be going back home.
[Verse 3]
C Dm And all by the road-side the wild birds fly F G up out of the thistle and into the sky. C Dm Red birds .. Black birds .. They sing as they fly. F G Thank heaven for the wild birds!
[Chorus 2]
F C They're all dressed up in feathers with colors outrageous! G C C7 They soar from this earthly bound kingdom of cages F Dm C Am on delicate wings. So small and courageous. G C And it's time to be going back home.
[Verse 4]
C Dm You can see the rain coming for miles down the prarie. F G Like a great herd of antelope running like fury! C Dm You can stop at a diner outside Canyon Ferry F G for coffee and a sense for the town.
[Chorus]
F C Blackthorne and Cottonwood drink up the Muddy. G C C7 Just buckwheat and sky between Cheyenne and Cody. F Dm C Am Like a maple wing sown under red leaves blown down G C it's time to be going back home.