G  D    C  G/B  Em 
 
  
                       D 
Once I was part of the music I heard  
       C         D             Em 
On the bough, or sweet between earth and sky  
                          D 
For joy of the beating of wings on high  
C             Bm       Em                  G 
My heart shot into the breast of the bird  
 
  
                    D           B7 
I hear it now and I see it fly  
                     Em 
A life in wrinkles, again is stirred  
                G        Am 
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird  
      C              Bm             Em 
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh 
 
  
                       D 
Once I was part of the music I heard  
       C         D             Em 
On the bough, or sweet between earth and sky  
                          D 
For joy of the beating of wings on high  
C             Bm       Em                  G 
My heart shot into the breast of the bird  
 
  
                    D           B7 
I hear it now and I see it fly  
                     Em 
A life in wrinkles, again is stirred  
                G        Am 
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird  
      C              Bm             Em 
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh 
                G        Am 
My heart shoots into the breast of the bird  
      C              Bm             Em   C    Em 
As it will for sheer love 'till the last long sigh