C                         Am          Em 
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast; 
C                Am 
Songbirds always eat 
 F                G        C 
If their song is sweet to hear. 
C                         Am          Em 
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner 
C                  Am 
Dine with wine of choice 
 F          G        C     C7 
If romance is in your voice. 
 
F               G 
I heard from a wise canary, 
Em                       C 
Trilling makes a fellow willing; 
F           G               C 
So, little swallow, swallow now. 
 G# 
Now is the time to 
C                         Am          Em 
Sing for your supper and you'll get breakfast. 
C                 Am 
Songbirds are not dumb; 
  F            G        C            A 
They don't buy a crumb of bread, It is said... 
F           G         C 
So sing and you'll be fed. 
 
Break
 
Am Em C F G C C7 
 
F               G 
I heard from a wise canary, 
Em                       C 
Trilling makes a fellow willing; 
F           G                C 
So, little swallow, swallow now. 
G#                C                         Am          Em 
Now is the time to sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast. 
C                 Am 
Songbirds are not dumb; 
  F             G        C            A 
They never buy a crumb of bread, It is said... 
    F         G         C       A 
So sing, and you'll be fed, oh yeah 
       D       G         C 
Just sing and you'll be fed.