Dmaj7 Bm6, Bmaj7 G#m6 (x4)
Verse 1:
Bm7 Am7
Today, my bird flew away; gone to find her big Blue Jay.
Bm7
Starlight before she took flight,
Am7 C9
I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland every night.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
I sang a lullaby every night, sang for my Ava every night.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Bm7 Am7
With dread, I woke in my bed, to shooting pains up in my head.
Bm7 Am7 C9
Lovebird, my beautiful bird, spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard.
Bm7 C9
She spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard.
Bm7 C9
She just stopped singing.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan.
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Em Cmaj7 Am7 D7
In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
Bm7 C9 Bm7 C9
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
Bm7 C9
(Repeat to Fade)
Dmaj7 Bm6 Bmaj7 G#m6 Bm7 Am7 C9
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Em C#m7b5 F#7 B7 Cmaj7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
