INTRO: Am

              C        G             Am
Oh, can't you see that pretty little bird
             G       Em        Am
Singing with all his heart and soul?
           C         G           Am
He's got a blood red spot on his wing
            G             Am
And all the rest of him's black as coal


           C         G        Am
Of all the colours I ever did see
        G             Em     Am
Red and black are the ones I dread
           C          G            Am
For when a man spills blood on the coal
               G             Am
They carry him down from the coal mines dead


INSTRUMENTAL: Am   D/A  Am     Em   Am   G  D  Am     G  Dsus2  Am


         C       G          Am
Oh, fly away you red-winged bird
        G        Em      Am
Leave behind the miner's wife
              C        G           Am
She'll dream about you when you're gone
              G        Am
She'll dream about you all her life


              C        G             Am
Oh, can't you see that pretty little bird
             G       Em        Am
Singing with all his heart and soul?
           C         G           Am
He's got a blood red spot on his wing
            G             Am
And all the rest of him's black as coal