Keith Whitley - "Kentucky Bluebird"

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Subject: Kentucky Bluebird

"Kentucky Bluebird" by the late, great Keith Whitley

Capo II

Intro: D D D D | G (pick 1) | D D D D | G (pick 2)

Verse 1:
D A
Blown down the highway by two different winds
D G

Lord only knows when I'll see you again
D A
You're about as close as the stars up above
G | G G G D | G
You're my long distance love

Chorus:

G D G A
Kentucky Bluebird, I heard your song today
G D A G
But when I try to touch you, you fly away

Verse 2:
D A
Blue is a feeling I'm learning so well
D G
Turn on the TV in another hotel
D A
Turn down the volume and stare at the wall
G | G G G D | G
God I wish you would call

(Chorus)

Bridge:
Bm A
How I hate the miles between us
G A D
They get longer each day
Bm A
I had this dream and you should have seen us
G A ...D | G
Holding each other and drifting away

(Chorus) 2X

G D
You fly away

(repeat intro)

Pick 1: Pick 2:
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G________________________________________
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Stephen K. Chmaitelli
Texas A&M University
College of Veterinary Medicine

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