[Intro / Verse Progression]
| [G]   [D/F#] | [Em]      | [F]   [C]   | [Dsus4]       | x4


[Verse 1]
[G]      [D/F#]          [Em]
  If I leave here tomorrow
[F]           [C]              [Dsus4]
  Would you still remember me
[G]            [D/F#]         [Em]
  For I must be travelin' on now
[F]                        [C]                  [Dsus4]
 'Cause there's too many places I've got to see
[G]          [D/F#]           [Em]
  But if I stay here with you girl
[F]             [C]               [Dsus4]
  Things just couldn't be the same
[G]              [D/F#]      [Em]
 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
[F]          [C]               [Dsus4]
  And this bird you cannot change, oh


[Chorus]
[F]         [C]               [Dsus4]
  And the bird you cannot cha-ange
[F]          [C]               [Dsus4] [D]
  And this bird you cannot cha - ange
[F]       [C]            [Dsus4]  [D]
  Lord knows I can't cha  - ange


[Interlude]
| [G]   [D/F#] | [Em]      | [F]   [C]   | [Dsus4]       | x2


[Verse 2]
[G]      [D/F#]                   [Em]
  Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah, yeah
[F]             [C]               [Dsus4]
  Though this feeling I can't change
[G]                  [D/F#]       [Em]
  But please don't take it so badly
[F]            [C]            [Dsus4]
 'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame
[G]          [D/F#]           [Em]
  But if I stay here with you, girl
[F]             [C]               [Dsus4]
  Things just couldn't be the same
[G]              [D/F#]      [Em]
 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
[F]          [C]                 [Dsus4]
  And this bird you'll never change, oh


[Chorus]
[F]         [C]               [Dsus4]
  And the bird you cannot change
[F]          [C]               [Dsus4]
  And this bird you cannot change
[F]      [C]             [Dsus4]   [D]
  Lord knows I can't cha     ange
[F]       [C]                [Dsus4]
  Lord, help me, I can't cha-a-a-a-ange
[G]   [A#]      [C]
    Lord, I can't change
          [G]   [A#]    [C]
Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah


[Solo]
| [G]    | [A#]   | [C]    | [C]    | x37