Bm                  C          D
Five thousand light years from Birdland
        Bm        C     D   G
but I'm still preachin' the rhythm.
Bm                 C          D
Long gone, uptight years from Birdland,
        Bm        C     D    G
and I´m still preaching that rhythm.
Bm             C           D
Years from the land of the Bird,
         Bm       C    D   G
and I am still feeling the spirit.
Bm                  C          D
Five thousand light years from Birdland,
      Bm      C   D   G
but I know people can hear it.

[Chorus]
               Bb9
Bird named it, Bird made it,
Dm7            Cm7
Bird heard it, then played it.
G            Bb  Eb       G                    C   G
Well stated! Birdland, it happened down in Birdland.

[Verse 2]
 G7         Gsus4                             G
Ooh! In the middle of that hub I remember one jazz club,
         Gsus4                          G
where we went to pat feet down on fifty-second street.
     Gsus4                                      G
Everybody heard that word that they named it after Bird,
          Gsus4
Where the rhythm swooped and swirled
                   G
the jazz corner of the world.
        Gsus4
And the cats they gigged in there were beyond compare.
G7
Birdland, I'm singing Birdland.
G7
Birdland, old swinging Birdland.

[Bridge]
                           G
Hey, man, the music really turns you on!
            G7                     G
You turn me on, you turn me around.
     Bm   Em      Bm   C    D      Bm7   Bdim
Down them stairs, lose them cares, where?
Am      D
Down in Birdland.
G Bm  Em     C   Dbdim D    Cadd9
Total swing, bop was   king there,
C       Em  D
down in Birdland.
G    Bm    Em    Bm  C     D     Bm7   Bdim
Bird would cook, Max would look, where?
Am      D
Down in Birdland
G     Bm   Em        C     Dbdim D   Cadd9
Miles came through, 'Trane came  too there,
C       Em  D
down in Birdland
G Bm  Em    Bm Bbm C    Bm7  Bdim
Basie blew, Blakey too, where?
Am      D
Down in Birdland.
G  Bm Em   Bm     Bbm  C    Bm7   Bdim
Cannonball played that hall there,
Am      D         G
Down in Birdland, yeah.

[Bridge]
                   G
There may never be nothing such as that, no more
                            G7
scooby da, no more, down in Birdland,
                          G
that's where it was at, I know, I know

Back in them days bop was riding high,
                             G7
Hello! Ha hahaha and goodbye!
N.C.
How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig.
To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig.
Yeah, that club was like in another world,
sure enough yeah, baby.
All of the cats had the cooking on,
people just sat and they was steady looking on.
                                           G
Then Bird he came and spread the word, Birdland.
N.C.
Yes, indeed, he did.
Yes, indeed, he did.
Yes, indeed, he did.
Yes, indeed, he did, Parker played at Birdland.
Yes, he really did.
Yes, indeed, he really did.
Yes, he really did.
                                 Bm
Told the truth down in Birdland.

[Verse 2]
       C       D            Bm     C      D   G       Bm
Yes, indeed he did, Charlie Parker played in, Birdland.
                C      D
Yes, indeed, he really did,
        Bm     C      D  G
Charlie Parker played in Birdland.

[Chorus]
               Bb9
Bird named it, Bird made it,
Dm7            Cm7
Bird heard it, then played it.
G            Bb  Eb       G                    C   G
Well stated! Birdland, it happened down in Birdland.
     Gsus4                                 G
Everybody dug that beat, everybody stomped their feet.
     Gsus4
Everybody digs beep-bop, and they'll never stop.
     Bm   Em      Bm   C    D      Bm7 Bdim
Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah!
Am      D
Down in Birdland.
G Bm  Em     C   Dbdim D     Cadd9 C       Em  D
Total swing, bop was   king, yeah, down in Birdland.

[Outro]
G    Bm    Em    Bm  C     D     Bm7 Bdim C       Em  D
Bird would cook, Max would look, yeah,    down in Birdland.
G     Bm   Em        C     Dbdim D    Cadd9
Miles came through, 'Trane came  too, yeah!
C       Em  D
Down in Birdland.
G Bm  Em    Bm Bbm C    Bm7  Bdim
Basie blew, Blakey too, where?
Am      D
Down in Birdland.
G  Bm Em   Bm     Bbm  C    Bm7   Bdim
Cannonball played that hall there,
Am      D
Down in Birdland.
G    Bm   Em      Bm   Bbm  C      Bm7  Bdim Am      D
Down them stairs, lose them cares, yeah,     down in Birdland
G Bm  Em     Bm  Bbm C     Bm7 Bdim Am      D
Total swing, bop was king, yeah,    down in Birdland.