Kentucky Bluebird

Keith Whitley

Written by Don Cook and Wally Wilson

Key of C · Chords: I IV V iii vi

Verse 1

C                         G7
Blown down the highway by two different winds
C                         F
Lord only knows when I'll see you again
C                            G7
You're 'bout as close as the stars up above
          F                  C F
You're my long distance love

Verse 2

         C        F                 G7   C F
Kentucky Bluebird I heard your song today
                  C         G7      F
But when I try to touch you you fly away

Verse 3

C                     G7
Blue is a feeling I'm learning so well
C                 F
Turn on the TV in another hotel
C                        G7
Turn down the volume and stare at the wall
      F                    C F
God I wish you would call

Verse 4

         C        F                 G7    C F
Kentucky Bluebird I heard your song today
                  C         G7      F   G7
But when I try to touch you you fly away

Verse 5

Am             Em
How I hate the miles between us
F        G7          C
They get longer each day
Am                       Em
I had this dream and you should have seen us
F                  G7           C    F
Holding each other and drifting away

Verse 6

         C        F                 G7   C F
Kentucky Bluebird I heard your song today
                  C         G7      F    C F
But when I try to touch you you fly away

Verse 7

         C        F                 G7    C F
Kentucky Bluebird I heard your song today
           C                G7      F
But when I try to touch you you fly away
        C
You fly away