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The Newbeats

The Birds Are For The Bees

by The Newbeats
The Newbeats

Biography:

The Newbeats were a popular music vocal trio from the Southern US, best known for their 1964 hit, "Bread and Butter", which was released on the Hickory Records label. According to the Bread and Butter Songfacts they comprised Larry Henley (singer / songwriter), and brothers Dean and Mark Mathis (instrumentals, backing vocals). Larry Henley is much better known for a later song he co-wrote - The Wind Beneath My Wings.

"Bread and Butter" was the group's first hit.

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The Newbeats

Other songs:

  • Bread And Butter
  • Break Away
  • Everythings Alright
  • Hang On Sloopy
  • Lets Shake Hands
  • Run Baby Run
  • The Birds Are For The Bees
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal

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The Birds Are For The Bees:The Newbeats.
#50 on BB Hot 100 on HICKORY Records
in 1965.

INTRO: F# B

CHORUS:
F# B F# B F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other
Ebm F# C#
things than live in trees.
F# B F# B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the
C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#1.
Ebm F# Ebm F#
The honey from the bee..birds singing in the trees..
F# C#
been that way, so people say..it's got nothing to
F#
do with me.

CHORUS:
F# B F# B F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other
Ebm F# C#
things than live in trees.
F# B F# B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the
C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#2.
Ebm F# Ebm F#
Well, birds and bees and ABC's live their lives in

hives and trees.
Ebm F# C#
Birds don't always live in trees, please don't look
F#
at me.

CHORUS:
F# B F# B F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other
Ebm F# C#
things than live in trees.
F# B F# B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the
C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway.

#3.
Ebm F# Ebm F#
So, birds chirp and bees buzz, no one cares less than I does.
Ebm F# C#
I don't care if they can fly, it's got nothing to do with you
F#
and I.

OUTRO:
F# B F# B F#
Grownups tell me the birds and the bees do other
Ebm F# C#
things than live in trees.
F# B F# B
If you ask me what I think, this is what I'll say..
F#
The bees are for the birds the birds are for the
C# F#
bees, and I don't care, anyway..(Fade.)


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