[Intro] [E][F#m][A][E] first note of melody is G# of the E chord (first fret on G string)
[Verse 1] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill Of [A] hope for a desti [E] nation I [E] realized quickly when I knew I should That the [F#m] world was made up of this brotherhood Of [A] man, for whatever that [E] means
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh [E]
[Verse 2] And I [E] try, oh my God, do I [F#m] try I try all the [A] time, in this insti [E] tution And I [E] pray, oh my God, do I [F#m] pray I pray every single [A] day For a revo [E] lution
[Pre-Chorus] And so I [E] cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to [F#m] get it all out, what's in my head and I [A] - I am feeling a little pe [E] culiar And so I [E] wake in the morning and I step outside and I [F#m] take a deep breath and I get real high and I [A] scream from the top of my lungs "What's going [E] on?"
[Chorus] And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] Heyeyey" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?" And I said " [E] Heyeyeyeyey [F#m] HeyeYEYEYE" I said " [A] Hey, what's going [E] on?"
[Interlude] [E] Ooh, O [F#m] oh O [A] oh . [E] ....
[Outro] [E] Twenty-five years and my life is still [F#m] Trying to get up that great big hill of [A] hope For a destin [E] ation
[Looping - you have to grab the G to B to C during lord I can't change bit - so you can get the solo tone ready] [Intro] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D]
[Verse 1] [G] If I [D] leave here to [Em] morrow [F] Would you [C] still remember [D] me? [G] For I must be [D] travelling [Em] on now [F] Cos there's too many [C] places I got to [D] see
[G] If I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change
[Interlude] [G][D][Em][Em] - [F][C][D][D] x 2
[Verse 2] [G] Bye bye, [D] it's been a [Em] sweet love [F] Though this [C] feeling I can't [D] change [G] But please don't [D] take it so [Em] badly [F] Cos the Lord [C] knows I'm to [D] blame
[G] But if I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you'll never [D] change, oh oh oh
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change [F] Lord [C] help me, I can't [D] change
[G][Bb] Lord, I [C] can't change Won't you [G] fly [Bb] high [C] free bird, yeah!
