Birdcall Morning Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays397

Birdcall Morning by Joe Walsh is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, C7, Fm and Csus4. 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
  			
Intro 
C  C  F  F  C  C7  F  F 
C  C  F  F  C  C7  F  F 
C 

verse 1 
C    F        C 
Early birdcall morning 
    C        F      C 
In a milkweed cloudy sky 
       C     F         C 
Sets me free, without a warning 
Fm       C 
Wonder why 

verse 2 
   C     F           C 
And if my eyes aren't open 
      C       F        C 
And if I'm too blind to see 
         C       F        C 
Would you show me birdcall morning 
Fm        C 
Set me free 

                C              F 
And if you don't want to, I do, you know I do 
C             C7 
Sing the song, sing along 
        F 
It don't matter if you know the tune 
          C                          F 
That's the way it goes, I don't know, she makes me think I do 
C             C7 
Comin' in, she comes again 
          F 
She breaks ice, but she don't fall through 
               C 
To the birdcall morning 

Intro 
C  F  C  Csus4  C 
C  F  C  Csus4  C 
C  F  C  Csus4  C 
Fm C 
 
                C              F 
And if you don't want to, I do, you know I do 
C             C7 
Sing the song, sing along 
        F 
It don't matter if you know the tune 
          C                          F 
That's the way it goes, I don't know, she makes me think I do 
C             C7 
Comin' in, she comes again 
          F 
She breaks ice, but she don't fall through 
               C 
To the birdcall morning 

verse 3 
   C    F              C 
And then the storm is upon me 
      C       F        C 
And my ship is blown to sea 
         C       F        C 
Would you show me birdcall morning? 
Fm       C 
Set me free 

Outro 
Fm 
Set me free, set me free, set me free, set me free, set me free 
C            Csus4  C 
Set me free... 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante