Kentucky Bluebird Chords

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Kentucky Bluebird by Wade Hayes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B, A5 and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
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Speed
  			
E                      B        
Blown down the highway by two different winds 
E                         A5 
Lord only knows when I'll see you again 
E                            B   
You're 'bout as close as the stars up above 
          A5  
You're my long distance love 


A5             E 
 Kentucky Blue-bird 
A5                 B     E 
 I heard your song today 
A5                 E              B    A5   B 
 But when I try to touch you, you fly away 

Verse 
E                     B  
Blue is a feeling I'm learning so well 
E                 A5     
Turn on the TV in another hotel 
E                        B 
Turn down the volume and stare at the wall 
      A5 
God I wish you would call 

 
A5             E 
 Kentucky Blue-bird 
A5                 B     E 
 I heard your song today 
A5                 E              B    A5    B 
 But when I try to touch you, you fly away 

Bridge 
Bm             B 
How I hate the miles between us 
A5       B           E        
They get longer each day 
Bm                       B 
I had this dream and you should have seen us 
A5                      B               
Holding each other and drifting away 

 
A5             E 
 Kentucky Blue-bird 
A5                 B     E 
 I heard your song today 
A5                 E              B    A5   B 
 But when I try to touch you, you fly away 
A5             E 
 Kentucky Blue-bird 
A5                  B     E 
 I heard your song today 
A5                 E              B    A5    
 But when I try to touch you, you fly away 

Outro 
        E    A5  
you fly away 
    	

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