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Little Bird Chords

by Jerry Jeff Walker
KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays458

Little Bird by Jerry Jeff Walker is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed 
  			CAPO ON 5  
  
G                 C                  G  
LITTLE BIRD COME SIT UPON MY WINDOW SILL  
             C                 D  
SAT THERE THROUGH THE FALLIN RAIN  
                                                        
 G                       C                 G 
AND AS I WATCHED THAT LITTLE BIRD UPON MY WINDOW SILL  
                      D          G  
I SAW MY THOUGHTS OF YOU GO BY AGAIN  


 C                      D  
AND THE PICTURE OF MY FACE,  
  G            Em   
ON THE WINDOW PANE  
C          D         G  
IS IT TEARS OR IS IT RAIN  
  
This song follows this cord progression

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante