Tom: Am E|----------------------------------------------------------0----| B|---------0/1/0------------0--------------3--------------3---3--| G|-----2---------2------2-----2--------2-----2--------2----------| D|---2---2------------2---2-----2----0---4-----0----0---3--------| A|-0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------3--------------2--------------1--------------| (Remark: On the low E-string, I use the little finger for the "3" note, and the thumb for the "2" and "1". I also find the "4" note quite difficult to reach, so usually I play that as a "0".) Am G D F There's a lump in my throat, and an ache in my heart Am G D F There's tears in my eyes, 'cause we're an ocean apart Am G There's nothing quite as real as being on my own, D F Nothing quite as true as being all alone Am F This bird has flown, D F But when the summer has passed, she'll come back home C G Love, come wing your way, Em F Sweet bird of passage, come home to stay C G Love, come wing your way, Em F Sweet bird of passage, come home to lay with me, me, G# Am Stay with me forever G D F Am G D F Am G D F With a change of season, she flies her nest Am G D F And like the sunny dusk, she sets to the west Am G D F Loneliness is the cross I bear, solitude is the cloak I wear Am G I miss you, I need you, I love you, D F When the autumn comes, I'll be waiting for you C G Love, come wing your way, Em F Sweet bird of passage, come home to stay C G Love, come wing your way, Em F Sweet bird of passage, come home to lay with me, me, G# Am F G Em F Dm E7 Stay with me forever, and ever, and ever, and ever