Chord/Tab song: My Songbird

Emmylou Harris My Songbird written by Jesse Winchester

Brian Ahern acoustic guitar
Albert Lee mandolin
James Burton electric guitar
Hank DeVito steel guitar
Glen D Hardin piano
Emory Gordy bass
John Ware drums

http://www.nashville.net/~kate/

[C]Songbird in a [F]golden [C]cage
[C]She'd pre[G]fer the [C]blue
[F]How I crave the [C]liquor [G]of her [C]song
[C]Poor bird who has [F]done no [C]harm
[C]What harm [G]could she [C]do
[F]She shall be my [C]prisoner [G]her life [C]long
[F]My songbird wants her [C]freedom
Now [F]don't you think I [C]know
[C]But I can't [Dm]find it [Em]in mys[F]elf
To [Am]let my song[G]bird [Am]go
[F]I just can't [G]let her [C]go

SOLO

[C]O Lord, when your j[F]eweler's e[C]ye
Peers in[G]to my so[C]ul
[F]O Lord, I am o[C]verco[G]me with s[C]hame
[C]Take me, Lord, and [F]pur[C]ify
[C]Heal me [G]with a [C]word
[F]Lord, I beg a [C]gift I d[G]are not c[C]laim
[F]My songbird wants her [C]freedom
Now [F]don't you think I [C]know?
[C]But I can't [Dm]find it [Em]in mys[F]elf
To [Am]let my song[G]bird [Am]go
[F]I just can't [G]let her [C]go

>From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town"
Warner Brothers Records 1978
Forth Floor Music Inc/Hot Kitchen(ASCAP)