|A        |
|A      Bm|C#m      D|
|A       E|A         |

    A            Bm         C#m          D
You count on the birds, you count on the birds,
    A                E              A
you count on them to represent your longing.
A            Bm         C#m          D
You count on the birds, you count on the birds,
    A                E              A
you count on them to represent your longing.

F#m                      E
Suddenly last summer the outdoors has gone warmer.
    F#m                              
The sun would go down lo longer. 
    E
The birds didn't have to go to Sahara.

A                 Bm            C#m           D
You can watch the birds and you can count the birds, 
          A                E              A
but don't count on them to represent your longing.
A                 Bm            C#m           D
You can watch the birds and you can count the birds, 
          A                E              A
but don't count on them to represent your longing.

    F#m                       
The lazy birds move nowhere. 
E
Sitting in a field, flapping their wings.
F#m                          E
What fun it is to watch them if they never went.

|A        |
|A      Bm|C#m      D|
|A       E|A         |
|A        |
|A      Bm|C#m      D|
|A       E|A         |

     F#m                                      
Been hiding lately. Been out of function. 
     E
Been hibernating. Been lookig at birds.
F#m                                                                                 
Burdened by something I have to get rid of. 
     E
Been making myself a better world.

    A               Bm           C#m      D
Now please call the boys, please call the boys. 
A                E                A
Tell them to put on their dancing shoes now.
  A           Bm         C#m              D
Tomorrow will set me off along a thousand roads. 
A          E          A
See I make everything new now.

         A                    Bm
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         C#m                  D
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         E                    F
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         G               A
I wannna go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

    F#m         
Oh, look mere Mama, look at the birds.
    E
The movement has moved inward.
    F#m                                             
The feathers are shaking and the beaks are chattering
    E
Now do you like to watch, like to watch the birds?
    E
Now do you like to watch, like to watch the birds?
    E
Now do you like to watch, like to watch the birds?
    E
Now do you like to watch, like to watch the birds?

A               Bm           C#m      D
Now please call the boys, please call the boys. 
A                E                A
Tell them to put on their dancing shoes now.
  A           Bm         C#m              D
Tomorrow will set me off along a thousand roads. 
A          E          A
See I make everything new now.

A                    Bm
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         C#m                  D
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         E                    F
I wannna go, go, go. It's the going I'm after!
         G               A
I wannna go, go, go, go, go, go, go!