Anna Lee Chords by Appalachian Road Show

Listen now [F] children, a story I'll tell [Eb] of a woman they [Bb] called Annalee.
She had a fine son and she raised him up well, and a [Eb] daughter as lovely as she.
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sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby [Eb] as the cool evening [Bb] shadows grow. _
Angels and [F] nightingales [Bb] gather at [Eb] night to hear Mother [Bb] Annalee's song.
[F] I'll return to you dear [Bb] in the dimming of day [Eb] as a sparrow returns to [Bb] her nest.
I'll return to you dreaming [F] with each [Bb] lullaby, hold [Eb] your sweet weary [Bb] head to my breast. _
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I heard it one morning she rode into town to tend to her dear sister there.
She kissed her two babies on cheek and [Eb] on brow and left them with [Bb] Nari at hand.
[F] I'll return to you [Bb] dear in the dimming of [Eb] day as a sparrow [Bb] returns to her nest.
I'll return to you [F] dreaming with [Bb] each lullaby, [Eb] hold your sweet weary head to my breast. _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ The wind it did rise and the rain it did [Eb] fall, the river a [Bb] shadowy way.
Annalee never [F] heard [Bb] danger's dark call [Eb] and was swept to her [Bb] watery grave. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] I'll return to you dear [Bb] in the dimming of day as a sparrow returns to her nest.
I'll return to you dreaming with each [Eb] lullaby, hold your sweet weary [Bb] head to my breast. _ _ _