| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, up h | igh in banana tr | ee |
| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, you s | it all alone like m | e |
| Bb | F | |
| D | id your lady friend l | eave the nest again? |
| C | F | |
| Th | at is very sad, m | ake me feel so bad |
| Bb | F | |
| Y | ou can fly away, | in the sky away |
| C | C7 | F | |
| Y | ou more lu | cky than m | e |
| F | Bb |
| I also have a pr | etty girl |
| C | F | |
| Sh | e not with me tod | ay |
| F | Bb | |
| Th | ey all the same, the pr | etty girls |
| C | F | |
| T | ake tenderness, then they fly aw | ay |
| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, up h | igh in banana tr | ee |
| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, you s | it all alone like m | e |
| Bb | F | |
| B | etter fly away, | in the sky away |
| C | F | |
| P | icker coming soon, p | ick from night to noon |
| Bb | F | |
| Bl | ack on yellow you, l | ike banana too |
| C | C7 | F | |
| Th | ey might p | ick you somed | ay |
| F | Bb | |
| W | ish that I was a y | ellow bird |
| C | F |
| I fly away with y | ou |
| F | Bb | |
| B | ut I am not a y | ellow bird |
| C | F | |
| S | o here I sit, nothing else to d | o |
| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, up h | igh in banana tr | ee |
| F | C | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, you s | it all alone like m | e |
| F | F | |
| Y | ellow bird, y | ellow bird |
