Little Bird

Dolly Parton

Key of C · Chords: I IV V VII

Verse 1

C      F    C       F
Beauty is a rare perfume
C            G7           C
Precious yet doesn't last long
         F     C       F
Youth is but a playful breeze
     C         F             C
That blows our way once then moves on

Verse 2

     F    C      F
Love is a hidden treasure
C          G7            C
Some never find where it lies
    F   C     F        C
And memory is a little bird
     F             C        G7    C
That flies through life and never dies

Verse 3

F
Little bird take me aboard
                                G7
Your beautiful wings and let me fly
F
Fly me away back to yesterday
G7                    C     F C G7
And drop me off there awhile

Verse 4

C      F         C       F
Let me smell the rare perfume
       C               G7     C
Of the sweet flower of beauty again
       F          C       F
Let me run in the playful breeze
   C          F             C
Of youth long gone with the wind

Verse 5

       F         C            F
Let me sit for a while by the place
        C         G7          C
Where I found the treasure of love
F              C           F       C
Then sing me a song as you fly me along
     F                  C   A#7 C
On a long last journey above