My Songbird Chords
My Songbird by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Dm, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
C F C
Songbird in a golden cage
C G C
She'd prefer the blue
F C G C
How I crave the liquor of her song
C F C
Poor bird who has done no harm
C G C
What harm could she do
F C G C
She shall be my prisoner her life long
F C
My songbird wants her freedom
F C
Now don't you think I know
C Dm Em F
But I can't find it in myself
Am G Am
To let my songbird go
F G C
I just can't let her go
C F C
O Lord, when your jeweler's eye
G C
Peers into my soul
F C G C
O Lord, I am overcome with shame
C F C
Take me, Lord, and purify
C G C
Heal me with a word
F C G C
Lord, I beg a gift I dare not claim
F C
My songbird wants her freedom
F C
Now don't you think I know?
C Dm Em F
But I can't find it in myself
Am G Am
To let my songbird go
F G C
I just can't let her go