C             G            Am    Cdim  Em 
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast; 
 
C7               F   Dm7     Dm7/G     G   Fdim C    Cdim  Dm7  G 
Songbirds always eat if their song is sweet to hear. 
 
 
C             G             Am    Cdim  Em 
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner. 
 
C7                   F   Dm7  Dm7/G    G        C  
Dine with wine of choice if romance is in your voice. 
 
 
Bridge: 
 
 
C7  F          G    F    Em   Em7 
I heard from a wise ca - na - ry 
 
Em           B7     Em         B+ 
Tril - ling makes a fel - low wil - ling, 
 
F              G          G+          C 
So, lit - tle swal - low, swal - low now. 
 
Fm         G    G+ 
Now is the time to 
 
 
C             G           Am    Cdim  Em 
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast. 
 
C7                 F   Dm7     Dm7/G       G    
Songbirds are not dumb,   they don't buy a crumb 
 
    C    E7      A7 
Of bread,  it's said, 
 
    F        G         C 
So sing and you'll be fed.