Bossa Nova Bird:The Dells.
#97 on BB Hot 100 on ARGO Records
in 1962.
INTRO: G D G D
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
CHORUS:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
#1.
C
Up in the air you go and make your wings fly.
(Floppity, flop, floppity, flop.)
G
Kick your legs, make a little hop.
(Hoppity-hop, hoppity-hop.)
C
Spread your arms, way out wide.
(Flippity-flip, flippity-flip.)
D
A-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/misc_unsigned_bands/the_dells_bossa_nova_bird_crd.html ]
#2.
C
Move your feet like you're scratching, both together.
(Scratch, scratch..feet, feet.)
G
Bend and pretend you shake a tailfeather
(Swish-swish-swash-swash.)
C
A rain and a wind comes a cloudy sky.
(Piddle-paddle, piddle-paddle-poof-poof.)
D
A-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
#3.
C
Move your feet like you're scratching, both together.
(Scratch, scratch..feet, feet.)
G
Bend and pretend you shake a tailfeather
(Swish-swish-swash-swash.)
C
A rain and a wind comes a cloudy sky.
(Piddle-paddle, piddle-paddle-poof-poof.)
D
A-Bossa Bova bird, let me see, can you fly?
(wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!)
CHORUS:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
CHORUS:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird.
OUTRO:
D G D G D
Fly high, fly low, let's go, let's go, make
G
like a bird, yeah, yeah.
D G
What kind of bird?..Bossa Nova bird..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
