Song :
Bb
Intro :
G Gsus D7
G Gsus D7 G
Gm7 G
5,000 light years from Birdland
Gm7 G
But I'm still preachin' the rhythm
Gm7 G
Long-gone, uptight years from Birdland
Gm7 G
An' I'm still teachin' it with 'em
Gm7 G
Years from the land of the Bird
Gm7 G
An' I am still feelin' the spirit
Gm7 G
5,000 light years from Birdland
Gm7 G
But I know people can hear it
Gm7 Am7
Bird named it,
Gm7
Bird made it,
Am7 Dm7
Bird heard it,
Gm7
then played it
Gm7 Am7
Well-stated! Birdland--
Gm7 Am7
It happened down in Birdland
G
Oh!
G Em7 Bm7
Down them stairs, lose them cares - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Total swing, bop was king - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Bird would cook, Max would look - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Miles came through, 'Trane came too - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Basie blew, Blakey too - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Cannonball played that hall - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
Yeah---
Fsus2
In the middle of that hub
Dm6
I remember one jazz club
Fsus2
Where we went to pat feet
Dm6
Down on fifty-secon' street
Fsus2
Everybody heard that word
Dm6
That they named it after Bird
Fsus2
Where the rhythm swooped and swirled
Dm6
The jazz corner of the world
Fsus2
An' the cats they gigged in there
Dm6
Were beyond compare
G7 Fadd9
Birdland - I'm singin' Birdland
G7 Fadd9
Birdland - Ol' swingin' Birdland
Hey, man, the music really turns you on!
Y' turn me on,
G
Really, y' turn me aroun'
'N turn me on
G Gsus4 G
G Em7 Bm7
Down them stairs, lose them cares - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Total swing, bop was king - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Bird would cook, Max would look - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Miles came through, 'Trane came too - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Basie blew, Blakey too - where?
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
G Em7 Bm7
Cannonball played that hall - there
D7sus Am7 G
Down in Birdland
Yeah---
G Em7 Bm7
D7sus Am7 G
ad lib.
