Jolie Holland

The Littlest Birds

Jolie Holland


Tom: B

B2                                                                     (B2)
Well, I feel like an old hobo - I'm sad, lonesome and blue

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I was fair as a summer's day now the summer days are through
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You pass through places and places pass through you
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But you carry them with you on the soles of your travelling shoes

 B2 E B2 F# (x2)

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Well, I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
           B2        E       B2       F#
I wake you up in the morning so early just to tell you
      B2            E            B2           F#
I got the wandering blues, I got the wandering blues
        B2       E           B2           F#
And I'm going to quit these rambling ways one of these days soon

And I sing

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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
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The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
        B2       E              B2        F#
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

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Well, it's times like these I feel so small
         B2       E        B2                        F#
And wild like the rambling footsteps of a wandering child
        B2            E        B2      F#
And I'm lonesome as a lonesome whippoorwill
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Singing these blues with a warble and a trill
        B2      E                     B2      F#
But I'm not too blue to fly - no, I'm not too blue to fly

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Cause the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
        B2       E              B2        F#
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

        B2          E        B2          F#
Well, I love you so dearly I love you so clearly
           B2        E       B2       F#
I wake you up in the morning so early just to tell you
      B2            E            B2           F#
I got the wandering blues, I got the wandering blues
      B2            E            B2                   F#
And I don't want to leave you, I love you through and through

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Well, I left my baby on a pretty blue train
      B2      E            B2           F#
And I sang my songs to the cold and the rain
      B2                E            B2                    F#
And I had the wandering blues, and I sang those wandering blues
        B2         E              B2                 F#
And I'm gonna quit these rambling ways one of these days soon

And I sing

    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
    B2       E              B2        F#
The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs
        B2       E              B2        F#
And the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs

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Well, I don't care if the sun don't shine
    B2      E       B2        F#
And I don't care if nothing is mine
    B2      E       B2               F#
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
     B2     E        B2        F#
I'll do my loving in the wintertime...