Emmylou Harris My Songbird written by Jesse Winchester Brian Ahern acoustic guitar Albert Lee mandolin James Burton electric guitar Hank DeVito steel guitar Glen D Hardin piano Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums http://www.nashville.net/~kate/ C F C Songbird in a golden cage C G C She'd prefer the blue F C G C How I crave the liquor of her song C F C Poor bird who has done no harm C G C What harm could she do F C G C She shall be my prisoner her life long F C My songbird wants her freedom F C Now don't you think I know C Dm Em F But I can't find it in myself Am G Am To let my songbird go F G C I just can't let her go SOLO C F C O Lord, when your jeweler's eye G C Peers into my soul F C G C O Lord, I am overcome with shame C F C Take me, Lord, and purify C G C Heal me with a word F C G C Lord, I beg a gift I dare not claim F C My songbird wants her freedom F C Now don't you think I know? C Dm Em F But I can't find it in myself Am G Am To let my songbird go F G C I just can't let her go >From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town" Warner Brothers Records 1978 Forth Floor Music Inc/Hot Kitchen(ASCAP)