Lullaby of Birdland Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the jazz standard Lullaby of Birdland chords on guitar.

PDF score of Lullaby of Birdland for guitar

Lullaby of Birdland with chords

Verse 1 | Lullaby of Birdland with chords

To play the first verse of the jazz standard Lullaby of Birdland chords, you will need to know and work with your guitar some first chords :

Lullaby of Birdland chords

When these positions are mastered, you can follow the following tab to play the first verse :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

Lullaby of Birdland lyrics
Tab text
Cm7 Am7b5 D7(#9) G7
Lullaby by birdland that’s what I
Cm7 AbM7 Fm7 Bb9
Always hear, when you sigh,
Gm7 Cm7
Never in my wordland
Fm7 Abø EbM7
Could there be words to reveal
D° G7
In a phrase how I feel

Verses 2 and 3 | Lullaby of Birdland for guitar with tab

As you can see in the lyrics part, Lullaby of Birdland chords is composed of three verses and they are all played almost the same way on guitar. The verses 2 and 3 are played like verse 1 but the two chords of the last phrase change :

Lullaby of Birdland guitar
Tab text
Bb9 EbM7
When we kiss

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Chorus | Lullaby of Birdland with tab and chords

To play the chorus of the jazz chords Lullaby of Birdland chords, you’ll have to know and work a last chord :

chords guitar jazz

When this position as well as the previous ones are mastered on guitar, you just have to read and play the next tab :

lyrics chords jazz
Tab text
C7 Fm7
And there’s a weepy old willow
Bb9 (Abø) EbM7
He really knows how to cry
C7 Dm7
That’s how I’d cry in my pillow
Bb9 (Abø) EbM7 G7
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

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Lullaby of Birdland lyrics

Lullaby of Birdland chords is composed of three verses and a chorus.

The lyrics are simple:

Verse 1

Lullaby by birdland that’s what I
Always hear, when you sigh,
Never in my wordland
Could there be words to reveal
In a phrase how I feel

Verse 2

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo, when they love?
That’s the kind of magic
Music we made with our lips
When we kiss

Chorus

And there’s a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry
That’s how I’d cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Verse 3

Lullaby by birdland whisper low
Kiss me sweet, and we’ll go
Flying high in birdland
High in the sky up above
All because we’re in love

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