The Be Good Tanyas - Littlest Birds

By axehappy - axehappy at countrytabs.com


The rhythm for this song is awkward to get at first, but if you play
along with the recording a few times, you'll find that it is really
easy once you get into it.

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


F  C  G  (C  F  C  G  repeat x2)
INSTRUMENTAL



          C          F       C       G         C
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.
    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 x6)  
INSTRUMENTAL


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


    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
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs.



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



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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.