#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# As with all Syd Barrett songs, I may have heard the lyrics slightly wrong in places. B I R D I E H O P words and music by Syd Barrett from the album "Opel" transcribed by James Chords Syd uses in the chorus: C# A E---9----12---9------9----12---9-------------- B---9----9----9------10---10---10------------- G---10---10---10-----9----9----9-------------- D--------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------- Note: Syd hammers on an E note, you'll have to listen to see where C# Birdie hop, he hop along A a lonely bird upon a window there, he, he, there he blow, a windy snow, he knew the snow, the hoppy bird A(open) The antelope ride around a parasol just to see if he's a man enough to you meet you in the sand pit in a flying kind of sighing in a meddlesome bay you know the way, I see the flies A(open) She's a little kite the sort you think you might like to fire and like a kite you get to see her everynight you know the way she's only paving her way, hate to complain, I see the flies C# Birdie hop he do, he hop along A a lonely bird upon a window there, he, he there he blow, the windy snow, a hoppy bird A(open) A camel woke up to a polished dawn wouldn't look to see his feet had gone, he wouldn't like it wouldn't have the strength to fight it, I see the flies A(open) I'm the only bird, a little third, I lost a quarter, I had a yearning to be earning just a dollar a day and in a way you shouldn't like it hate to complain, I see the flies