Little Bird Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays509

Little Bird by Said The Whale is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. 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
  			 

G 
Little bird came into my life, 
                                D 
When I'd forgotten how to sing. 
She had a broken wing,  
G 
and on the night she came to me, 
                                D 
she sang for me cinders from a spark. 
Little bird had a broken heart. 

G D Em 
She sang all night. 

And in the morning I awoke to find I'd grown a smolder in my heart. 
When it was cold and dark little bird came into my life, 
when I'd lost sight of the spring. 
She was the little spark. 

G       D      Em 
So I stoked the fire, 
D       C      D 
and I held her warm by it. 
                        G       D      Em 
Woooooah, and we sang all night. 

Little bird came into my life, 
when I'd forgotten how to sing. 
I had a broken wing, 
and all the while she sang to mend. 
A broken heart will learn the words to say. 
We'll fly again someday. 

So I stoked the fire, 
and I held her warm by it, 
And we sang all night. 
It's like a window to my heart. 
And I sang all night. 
    	

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