Birds

From ULTIMATE STORYTIME as performed by Terrence Williams Jr.

Cut for Recital: EXTRA AF
Jacob Fjeldheim
Thomas Sanders

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= 104

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G G C

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I don't wanna drive a fancy car today. I don't wanna

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                        
5 Em D Dsus/A G C

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                        
ride in a red Cor vette. I don't wanna jog my Sat urday away, but I

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       

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                      
9 Em D F6/9 G

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          
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         
don't wan na go home yet. Today is not the day to

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 
        
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                
2

           
13 C Em D Dsus/A G

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jump out of a plane. I don't wanna pa rasail or play roulette. I don't wanna risk it all

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      

    
                  
17 C Em D F6/9

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                      
or go in sane, but I don't wan na go home yet.

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              
                
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21 F C G /D E♭

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I just wanna watch the birds go by, from my han dy fold able blue canvas throne.

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      
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25 Em D C G /B E♭

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I wanna watch them fly and fly, and see them soar up in to the un known.

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           
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29 Em F C Am7♭5 G

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But I'd feel just like a nerd, watching birds watching me here all a lone.

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33 C Em D

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I don't wanna break dance or learn Tae Kwon Do. I don't wanna fish 'til all the fish are

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37 Dsus/A G C Em D

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gone. I don't wanna roll er skate even if it's slow. I don't wanna pass out in a mar a

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     

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41 F G C Em D

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thon. I don't like soccor, baseball, track or field. I'm not up for a match of

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4

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           
45 Dsus/A G C Em D

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Po lo. I don't wanna seek or try to stay con cealed. I'm also not up for Wa ter

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     

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         
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49 F6/9 C G /D

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      
Po lo. I just wanna watch the birds up there, track the

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       
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                      
        
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E♭ Em D C G /B

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                       
mig rato ry patterns that they flow. I wanna watch them from my chair, with my bin

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      
     

                                
     
57 E♭ Em F C Am7♭5

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oc ulars, my lat te and my phone. tryin' to spot a lark, in the park, parked in nature all alone.

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     
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61 G D7 C Bm

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Alone here with the doves, the spar rows the os preys, the owl lets, the egrets and my

         

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    
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   
                 
  
65 Em D7 C

            
                  
list. It's just me and Mis ter Finch, the rob ins, the king fishers, the snipes,

          
   
   

                    
 
68 Am7 D C

           
        
though I've heard they don't ex ist. Each little spe cie in its

             

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        
                    
    
71 Bm A7

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   
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  
little way can teach me what awaits you, if you can get a way ay! I wanna watch

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                 
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6

       
75 C G /D E♭

             
                   
the birds do what they will. Sorry if I'm orn ith o log ic all y prone.

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   


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  

                  
    
Em D C G /B

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78

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            
                  
I wanna watch from somewhere, un disturb ing, qui et, calm, still, and

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    
    

                                
   
81 E♭ Em F C Am7♭5

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      
        
sit right here and gaze at the un known. I don't wanna fly, in the sky. I just wanna be alone.

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   

     
                
Cm

  
85 C G /B C G

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       
         
It's not a big deal, or any thing. I just wanna be alone.

  
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            
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90

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