MEET ME DOWN IN BIRDLAND       (Ed Volker)

E           Bm           E            Bm
Put on your finest, your feathers and diamonds
   E             Bm          E       Bm
No sense holding back, not tonight
    A             Em
The week's been insane, the fools
  A            Em
  pull on your chain, you choose
      E        Bm    E      Bm
  the rediscovery of light


CHORUS:
A               Abm
Meet me down in birdland
F#m       E
Up by the grandstand
A       Abm     F#m  B     E     Bm
Meet me down in birdland tonight
A               Abm
Meet me down in birdland
F#m        E
We'll fly away my friend
A       Abm     F#m  B     E     Bm   E   Bm
Meet me down in birdland tonight


Days between stations, lost reservations
The days die in long waiting games
As sure as you're born, the time
  will come when the night will shine
  we'll cast off our dark dragon chains

[repeat CHORUS]

[instrumental - verse and half of chorus]


We kick off at seven, hell bent for heaven
The drums talk of wonder to behold
When the powerful strings of steel
  pull our hearts' wings we'll leave
  this fallen world far below

[repeat CHORUS, then repeat last 3 lines of CHORUS]

[jam on  E  Bm]

End:  E       Bm
      Meet me down


transcribed by Alan Sigman (alansigman@earthlink.net)
please email me with any corrections or different interpretations.