Artist: George Jones
Capo on the 3rd fret.
[VERSE 1]
[C/G]I curse the day she bought me that old bird
Squalk[G]ing,talking,telling everything it ever heard
[C/G]She never would have known about Big B[F]etty Brown and me
But [C/G]he fowled up and to[G]ld her some things you won't b[C/G]elieve
[VERSE 2]
[C/G]Oh my woman moved out on me today
[G]And left that old stool pigeon parrot trembling in his cage
[C/G]I holl[F]ered from the front porch and stopped her at the curb
And [C/G]the last t[G]hing i gave her was the [C/G]bird
[CHORUS]
[C/G]Oh the last thing i g[F]ave her was the bird
[C/G]And she returned the favor with a few selected words
I[F] don't have to worry now [C/G]what's being overheard
'[G]cause the last thing i [C/G]gave her was the bird
[VERSE 3]
[C/G]She sat the cage beside her on the seat
[G]And left two streaks of firestone smokin' on the street
[C/G]The ne[F]ighbors ran for cover they could see she was disturbed
'[C/G]cause the la[G]st thing i gave her was the b[C/G]ird
[Chorus](x2)
[C/G]Yes the last th[G]ing i gave her was the [C/G]bird
[VERSE 1]
[C/G]I curse the day she bought me that old bird
Squalk[G]ing,talking,telling everything it ever heard
[C/G]She never would have known about Big B[F]etty Brown and me
But [C/G]he fowled up and to[G]ld her some things you won't b[C/G]elieve
[VERSE 2]
[C/G]Oh my woman moved out on me today
[G]And left that old stool pigeon parrot trembling in his cage
[C/G]I holl[F]ered from the front porch and stopped her at the curb
And [C/G]the last t[G]hing i gave her was the [C/G]bird
[CHORUS]
[C/G]Oh the last thing i g[F]ave her was the bird
[C/G]And she returned the favor with a few selected words
I[F] don't have to worry now [C/G]what's being overheard
'[G]cause the last thing i [C/G]gave her was the bird
[VERSE 3]
[C/G]She sat the cage beside her on the seat
[G]And left two streaks of firestone smokin' on the street
[C/G]The ne[F]ighbors ran for cover they could see she was disturbed
'[C/G]cause the la[G]st thing i gave her was the b[C/G]ird
[Chorus](x2)
[C/G]Yes the last th[G]ing i gave her was the [C/G]bird
Used chords
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