[E]Yellow Bird up [B]high in banana [E]tree
[E]Yellow Bird you [B]sit all alone like [E]me
[A]Did your lady friend [E]leave your nest again
[B]This is very sad [E]makes me feel so bad
[A]You can fly away [E]in the sky away
[B]You're more lucky than [E]me
[E]I also had a [A]pretty girl [B]she's not with me to[E]day
[E]They're all the same the [A]
pretty girls [B]take tenderness then they fly a[E]way
[E]Yellow Bird up [B]high in banana [E]tree
[E]Yellow Bird you [B]sit all alone like [E]me
[A]Let her fly away [E]In the sky away
[B]Pick a town and soon [E]take from night to noon
[A]Black and yellow you [E]like banana too
[B]They might pick you some[E]day
[E]Wish that I were a [A]yellow bird [B]I'd fly away with [E]you
[E]But I am not a [A]yellow bird [B]so here I sit nothing else to [E]do
[E]Yellow Bird Yellow Bird Yellow Bird