Three Little Birds

Bob Marley

Chord Guide

123

A: x02220

132

D: xx0232

231

E: 022100

Strum Guide

This is the strum pattern used in the recording:

U U U U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

This doesn’t sound as “reggae,” but it might be better for a solo guitar performance:

D D DU UD D DU

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Intro:

/ A - - - / x4

Chorus:

A A

Don’t worry about a thing
D A

’Cause every little thing gonna be all right

A A
Singin’ don’t worry about a thing,
D A

’Cause every little thing gonna be all right

Verse:

A
Rise up this mornin’

E
Smiled with the risin’ sun

A
Three little birds

D
Pitch by my doorstep

A
Singin’ sweet songs

E
Of melodies pure and true

D (A)
Sayin’ this is my message to you-ou-ou

Chorus

Verse

Chorus x3

End on A

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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