I Saw A Bird Fly Away
Words and music by Dar Williams
From The Beauty of the Rain

Transcription by:  Indra Kenyon
Date:  January 6, 2004, updated January 9
 

I (G)asked the ha(A)bitual (D)party (Bm)goer
(G)just how (A)high she (D)thought she’d (Bm)get
(G)And I (A)asked the ethe(Bm)real (A)girls if (G)they were (A)floating (D)yet

And (G)so I (A)asked the (Bm)light of the (A)day,
(G)what’s this (A)rush for (Bm)heav(A)en
And (G)I saw a (A)bird fly a(Bm)way(A), and I (G)could not (A)ask a(D)gain

(G)(A)(Bm)(D)(G)(A)(D)

The (G)tabloid (A)tainted (D)actress (Bm)knows the (G)myth of (A)higher (D)ground
The (G)thing she (A)got from (Bm)playing a (D)nun
she (G)got from (A)sleeping a(D)round

And (G)so I (A)asked the (Bm)light of the (A)day,
(G)what’s this (A)rush for (Bm)hea(A)ven
And (G)I saw a (A)bird fly a(Bm)way(A), and I (G)could not (A)ask a(D)gain

 (G)He (A)fell in (Bm)the (A)mud and (G)he (A)became (Bm)en(A)lightened
(G)I (A)wonder (Bm)who’s (A)laughing (G)now(A)(D)

And (G)I’ve been (A)running (D)uphill, (Bm)panting, (G)punching (A)at the (D)air
(G)Fighting (A)what’s been (Bm)pushing me (D)down like (G)I can (A)see it (D)there

And (G)so I (A)asked the (Bm)light of the (A)day,
(G)what’s this (A)rush for (Bm)hea(A)ven
And (G)I saw a (A)bird fly a(Bm)way(A) and I (G)could not (A)ask a(D)gain 

And (G)I saw (A)all this (Bm)climbing, (A)climbing,
(G)just as (A)far from (Bm)hea(A)ven
And (G)I saw a (A)bird fly a(Bm)way(A), and I (G)started (A)climbing a(D)gain.
 

(G)(A)(Bm)(D)(G)(A)(D)
(G)(A)
(Bm)Who’s (A)laughing (G)now(A)(D)

(G)He (A)fell in (Bm)the (D)mud and (G)he (A)became (Bm)en(A)lightened,
(G)I (A)wonder (Bm)who’s (A)laughing (G)now(A)(D)





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