Missouri Birds
‘Missouri
Birds’ is from the fabulous “California Bloodlines” album, Capitol
1969, best re-release as a double CD together with “Willard” (originally
Capitol 1970) on BGO Records 2001. The song is also on the very
fine live double CD “Front Row Music – Before the War”, Neon Dreams
Music, 2001, as part of the medley 'Looking Back Johanna – Missouri
Birds – Cowboy in the Distance – If You Should Remember Me'.
This
version mainly follows the guitar playing on “California Bloodlines”,
(Cj7) (Fj7)
(Cj7) (Fj7) (G)
Missouri
(Cj7)birds, (Fj7) (Cj7)
Flying over
(Fj7)old Saint Louis, (Cj7)
Hear that
song they're (Fj7)singing to me, (E)
”Go into
the (Am)world (G)
While
(Cj7)you're young.” (Fj7) (G)
But the
preacher's (Cj7)words (Fj7) (Cj7)
Echo from
the (Fj7)old church steeple, (Cj7)
"Stay
here with the (Fj7)decent people, (E)
Settle down
and (Am)marry (G)
While
(Cj7)you're young." (high notes run: EEDBC)(Am)
If I (Gm)go
into the (C)world, Su(C7)sanna,
Oh, (F)will you (G)wait for (Cj7)me? (Am)
If I (Bb)go
in(Gm)to the (C)world, Su(Gm7)sanna, (Cm7) (hold)
I'll come
back (Fj7) (hold)
And tell
you what I've (E)seen…(hold)
The
(Fj7)seeds (G)of (Cj7)change (Fj7) (Cj7)
Blow across
the (Fj7)churchyard to me, (Cj7)
Tombstone
faces (Fj7)see right through me, (E)
Today's so
soon to(Am)morrow, (G)
And
(Cj7)you're old. (high notes run: EEDBC)(Am)
If I (Gm)go
into the (C)world, Su(C7)sanna,
Oh, (F)will
you (G)wait for (Cj)me? (Am)
If I (Bb)go
in(Gm)to the (C)world, Su(Gm7)sanna, (Cm7) (hold)
I'll come
back (Fj7) (hold)
And tell
you what I've (E)seen…(hold)
Missouri (Cj7)birds,
(Fj7) (Cj7)
Flying over
(Fj7)old Saint Louis, (Cj7)
Hear that
song they're (Fj7)singing to me, (E)
”Go into
the (Am)world (G)
While
(Cj7)you're young, (Fj7)(G)
While
(Cj7)you're young, (Fj7)(G)
While
(Cj7)you´re young.” (Fj7)(G) (Cj7)
© John Stewart,
All Rights Reserved
janhauenstein@gmx.de
and Charlie Woodward
9/2002