[Intro]
Dmaj7  Bm6, Bmaj7  G#m6 (x4)
[Verse]
Bm7                        Am7 
 Today, my bird flew away; gone to
 find her big Blue Jay. 
 Today, my bird flew away; gone to find her big Blue Jay. 
Bm7 
 Starlight before she took flight, 
  Am7                        C9 
I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland every
 night. 
I sang a Lullaby Of Birdland every night. 
  
Bm7               C9           Bm7   
          C9 
Bm7               C9           Bm7             C9 
 I sang a lullaby every night, sang for my Ava every night.
[Chorus]
Em   C#m7b5           F#7       B7   
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone;
 Em       Cmaj7     Am7   D7 
 she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
Em      C#m7b5     F#7     B7    
 In the sanctuary, she has found,
 Em        Cmaj7  Am7      
 birds sur-round, her sweet
 D7 
 sound.
 In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
[Bridge]
    Bm7           C9            Bm7
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava
           C9 
 flies, in paradise.
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
[Verse]
Bm7                           
 With dread, I woke in my bed, to
 Am7 
 shooting pains up in my head. 
 With dread, I woke in my bed, to shooting pains up in my head. 
Bm7                           Am7  
 Lovebird, my beautiful bird, spoke
                    C9 
 until one day, she couldn't be
 heard.
 Lovebird, my beautiful bird, spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard.
[Pre-Chorus]
    Bm7                      C9 
She spoke until one day, she couldn't
 be heard. 
She spoke until one day, she couldn't be heard. 
Bm7       C9 
 She just stopped singing.
[Chorus]
Em   C#m7b5           F#7       B7   
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone;
 Em       Cmaj7     Am7   D7 
 she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
Em      C#m7b5     F#7     B7    
 In the sanctuary, she has found,
 Em        Cmaj7  Am7      
 birds sur-round, her sweet
 D7 
 sound.
 In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
[Bridge]
    Bm7           C9            Bm7
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava
           C9 
 flies, in paradise.
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
[Chorus]
Em   C#m7b5           F#7       B7   
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone;
 Em       Cmaj7     Am7   D7 
 she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
 Ava was the morning, now she's gone; she's re-born like Sarah Vaughan. 
Em      C#m7b5     F#7     B7    
 In the sanctuary, she has found,
 Em        Cmaj7  Am7      
 birds sur-round, her sweet
 D7 
 sound.
 In the sanctuary, she has found, birds sur-round, her sweet sound.
[Bridge]
    Bm7           C9            Bm7
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava
           C9 
 flies, in paradise.
And Ava flies, in paradise, and Ava flies, in paradise.
[Outro]
Bm7  C9