The Chordettes

Hummingbird

The Chordettes


Tom: E

                                 B               E
solo: Humming bird, humming bird should be your name
         A                           E
chorus: (Humming bird should be your name)

can be played throughout as I've updated here, though beginners may find it easier to hold the E. 

I usually play open chords but this is also a great tune to practice your 4th fret fingerings:

E:4446
B:8676
A:6454
C#m:6444
F#7:6667
B7:2322
F#:6669


[Verse 1]

E
(Humming, humming, humming, humming
                           B              E
Humming bird, humming bird should be your name
              A              E
(Humming bird should be your name)
                            A       E
Too restless to settle, too wild to tame
                   A       E
(Too restless, too wild to tame)
                        C#m
Too restless to settle, too wild to tame
A             E            B         E
Humming bird, humming bird should be your name
          A                 E
(Humming, humming, humming, humming)

[Verse 2]
E                          B       E
Humming bird, humming bird winging along
              A       E
(Humming bird winging along)
                            A            E
No tender young blossom can hold you for long
    A                        E
(No blossom can hold you for long)
                            C#m
No tender young blossom can hold you for long
A             E            B       E     A E 
Humming bird, humming bird winging along

[Bridge 1]
                            A           E
You hug me and kiss me like others I've known
                            F#7         B7
You promised to love me and call me your own
    E                           A         E
And then all my dreams would be shattered apart
                        B            E
By the hum, hum of your humming bird heart
    A       E
Hum hum hum hum

[Verse 3]
E                          B            E
Humming bird, humming bird fly right on by
              A            E
(Humming bird fly right on by)
                               A            E
Some folks like to gamble but, darling, not I
    A                      E 
(No darling no darling not I)
                               C#m
Some folks like to gamble but, darling, not I
A             E           B           E    A E
Humming bird, humming bird fly right on by

[Bridge 2]
    A                               E
I'd rather be lonely, I'd rather be blue
                              F#7          B7
Yes I'd rather spend my whole life without you
     E                    A         E
Than feather a nest to be shattered apart
                        B            E      A E
By the hum, hum of your humming bird heart
       E    E           F#      B  B7    E     A E
By the hum, hum of your humming birrrrrd heart