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[Verse 1]
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There's a high flyin' bird, way up in the sky now
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Yes and I wonder, if she looks down, as she flies, on by
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Well she's riding on the air so easy, in the sky
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Lord look at me,
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I'm rooted like a tree, yes I am now
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I got those sit down, can't cry, oh lord I'm gonna die blues
[Verse 2]
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Well I used to love a man, He worked in a mine
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Well he never saw the sun, but he never stopped tryin'
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Well then one day my man, he up and died
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My man up and died
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My man up and died, oh yes he did now
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Well he wanted to fly, and the only way to fly was to die
[Verse 3]
BmEBmE
There's a high flyin' bird, way up in the sky now
BmF#7Bm
Yes and I wonder, if she looks down, as she flies, on by
GAF#7
Well she's riding on the air so easy, in the sky
BmE
Lord look at me,
BmE
I'm rooted like a tree, yes I am now
BmAGF#7BmE
I got those sit down, can't cry, oh lord I'm gonna die blues
[Outro]
BmE
Yeah I'm gonna die now,
BmAGF#7Bm
I got those sit down, can't cry oh lord I'm gonna die blues