And Your Bird Can Sing

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
By Lennon &  McCartney
The Beatles
Key: E

|~7*-6*6-6*6-5*6|
|-5*5*-4-33*-46-6*|
|7*~7* 7*7*-77*|
|6-45*67* -6*65*|

-8   -8  -8    -8   -8
Tell me that you've got 
-8  -8   8*  -8   7*
ev-'ry-thing you want
-8   -8   10  -10* 10
And your bird can sing,
-8  -8    9*  10 -10*
But you don't get me,
10   10   10  11*
You don't get me!

-8  -8    -8    -8   8* -8 -8   7*
You say you've seen sev-en won-ders
-8   -8   10 -10*  10
And your bird is green,
-8  -8   9*   10 -10*
But you can't see me,
10   10   10  11*
You can't see me!

-8    -8    -8   -8   8*  -8
When your prized pos-ses-sions,
-8    -8  -8   -8 -88*-86*
Start to weigh you  down,
-8   -8 -8 -8  8*  -8
Look in my di-rec-tion,
-8   10   9*-8
I'll be 'round,
-8   10   9*-8
I'll be 'round.

-8    -8   -8  -8  8* -8
When your bird is bro-ken,
-8   -8   -8  -8 -88*-86*
Will it bring you  down,
-8  -8  -8-8  8* -8
You may be a-wok-en,
-8   10   8*-8
I'll be 'round,
-8   10   8*-8
I'll be 'round.

|~7*-6*6-6*6-5*6|
|-5*5*-4-33*-46-6*|
|7*~7*7*-77*|6-45*67*-6*65*|
|-6*7*-7-8-77*-6*6|
|-5*6-6*7*-7-88*-9*|
|10 ~10 10 -10*10 |-87*-8…|


-8   -8  -8  -8   -8
You tell me that you've 
-8    -8  -8   8*   -8   -8
heard ev-'ry sound there is
-8   -8   10  -10*  10
And your bird can swing,
-8  -8    8*   10 -10*
But you can't hear me,
10   10    10  11*
You can't hear me!

~ means rest

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