Hummingbird

...HUMMINGBIRD... by Cat Stevens

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*from 'Matthew & Son' (1967)*





*CAPO 2nd FRET*



(Original Key: D)





Intro:



C



Verse 1:



          C              Em

There's a yellow flower, by your bed;

F                    C

 Sadly drooping it's perfumed head.



Cmaj7         Fmaj7       G                Fmaj7

 So you won't smell it; I know what you'll miss.



Chorus 1:



              C              G

And there's a hummingbird, a hummingbird,

  C              F

A hummingbird, A hummingbird.

             C            G       F

Oh there's a hummingbird, singing.



Verse 2:



             C                 Em

There is the hat you made, the clothes you wore;

F                  C

 Lying down on the cold dirty floor.



Cmaj7            Fmaj7           G             Fmaj7

 The colours are fading; they'll never shine a-gain.



Chorus 2:



              C              G

And there's a hummingbird, a hummingbird,

  C              F

A hummingbird, A hummingbird.

             C            G       F

Oh there's a hummingbird, singing.



Interlude:



C  F (x3), C



Instrumental:



C  G, C  F, C  G  F, C  F  C



Verse 3:



C             Em

 Now the road, it's turning grey;

F                       C

 There's a shadow where you once lay.



Cmaj7               Fmaj7       G                Fmaj7

 They'll find it to-morrow, and think you went a-lone.



Chorus 3:



              C              G

But there's a hummingbird, a hummingbird,

  C              F

A hummingbird, A hummingbird.

             C            G      F, C  F, C

Oh there's a hummingbird, crying.





CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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   C       Em      F      Cmaj7   Fmaj7    G



 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 x32010  022000  133211  x32000  x03210  320003





Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])