|     |       |       |        | x4


[Verse 1]

         
  If I leave h

       
ere to morrow
            
  Would you st

             
ill remember m


e
            
  For I must b

/         
e travelin' on

 now
             
 'Cause there'

             
s too many pla

              
ces I've got t

  
o see
          
  But if I sta

#           
y here with yo

u girl
             
  Things just 

             
couldn't be th

  
e same
             
 'Cause I'm as

       
 free as a bir

d now
            
  And this bir

             
d you cannot c


hange, oh


[Chorus]

            
  And the bird

            
 you cannot ch


a-ange
            
  And this bir

             
d you cannot c

 
ha - ange
            
  Lord knows I

         
 can't cha  - 


ange


[Interlude]

|     |       |       |        | x2


[Verse 2]

         
  Bye, bye, ba

              
by, it's been 

  
a sweet love, 

yeah, yeah
             
  Though this 

             
feeling I can'

  
t change
             
  But please d

          
on't take it s

  
o badly
            
 'Cause Lord k

            
nows I'm to bl


ame
          
  But if I sta

#           
y here with yo

u, girl
             
  Things just 

             
couldn't be th

  
e same
             
 'Cause I'm as

       
 free as a bir

d now
            
  And this bir

              
d you'll never

 
 change, oh


[Chorus]

            
  And the bird

            
 you cannot ch


ange
            
  And this bir

             
d you cannot c


hange
            
  Lord knows I

         
 can't cha    

 
 ange
            
  Lord, help m

           
e, I can't cha


-a-a-a-ange

         
    Lord, I ca

n't change
             
Won't you fly 

    
high, free bir

d, yeah


[Solo]

|     |    |     |     | x37

(fade out)