The Birds Are For The Bees ukulele

The Birds Are For The Bees

• F#

The Birds Are For The Bees:The Newbeats.
#50 on BB Hot 100 on HICKORY Records
in 1965.

INTRO: F# B

CHORUS:
F#            B      F#            B    F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other 
Ebm                 F#    C#
things than live in trees.
           F#        B      F#                B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the 
                        C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#1.
    Ebm            F#   Ebm                  F#
The honey from the bee..birds singing in the trees..
F#                                     C#
been that way, so people say..it's got nothing to 
        F#
do with me.

CHORUS:
F#            B      F#            B    F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other 
Ebm                 F#    C#
things than live in trees.
F#                   B      F#                B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the 
                        C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#2.
      Ebm                F#    Ebm        F#
Well, birds and bees and ABC's live their lives in 

hives and trees.
Ebm                               F#           C#
Birds don't always live in trees, please don't look 
   F#
at me.

CHORUS:
F#            B      F#            B    F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other 
Ebm                 F#    C#
things than live in trees.
F#                   B      F#                B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the 
                        C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#3.
    Ebm             F#         Ebm          F#
So, birds chirp and bees buzz, no one cares less than I does.
Ebm                                    F#                 C#
I don't care if they can fly, it's got nothing to do with you 
    F#
and I.

OUTRO:
F#            B      F#            B    F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other 
Ebm                 F#    C#
things than live in trees.
F#                   B      F#                B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the 
                        C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway..(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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