| G | D/F# | Em | |
| If I | leave here to | morrow, |
| F | C | D | |
| Would you | still remember me | ? |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| For I must | be trav'ling | on now |
| F | C | D | |
| 'Cause there's too many plac | es I've got to see. |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| But if I | stayed here with | you girl, |
| F | C | D | |
| Things just | couldn't be the sa | me. |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| 'Cause I'm as | free as a | bird now, |
| F | C | D | |
| And this | bird you'll never cha | nge. |
| F | C | D | |
| And this | bird you cannot cha | nge. |
| F | C | D | |
| And this | bird you cannot cha | nge. |
| F | C | D | |
| Lord kno | ws I can't | change. |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| Bye, bye | baby it's been a | sweet love, |
| F | C | D | |
| Though this | feeling I can't cha | nge |
| G | D/F# | Em | |
| But please don't | take it so | badly |
| F | C | D | |
| 'Cause the Lord knows | I'm to blame. |
| Chorus |
| F | C | D | |
| Lord | help me, I can't | change. |