Chords for Jeannie's afraid of the dark by Smiley Bates

[Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
Her two [Ab] little feet [Db] would come running [Ab] into _
[Gb] our bedroom [Ab] _ almost [Db] every night. _ _
Her soft [Ab] little face would [Db] be wet from [Ab] her tears, [Gb] and her little [Ab] heart pounding [Db] with fright. _ _ _
She'd hold out [Ab] her arms [Db] and climb in [Ab] beside us [Gb] in a small voice [Ab] we'd hear [Db] her remark, _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ Mommy and Daddy, [Db] can I sleep here with you?
[Ab] Because Jeannie's afraid of [Db] the dark. _ _ _
One day in [Ab] the summer [Db] we took [Ab] some flowers, [Gb] a place [Ab] on some old [Db] family grave. _ _ _ _
_ Jeannie [Ab] said, Mommy, [Db] ain't it dark [Ab] in the ground?
[Gb] Oh Daddy, _ [Ab] I'd be [Db] so afraid. _ _ _ _
Then she [Ab] looked up [Db] at her Mommy [Ab] and me [Gb] and said something [Ab] that broke [Db] both our hearts. _ _ _
[Gb] She said, when I die, [Db] please don't bury me, [Ab] cause _ Jeannie's afraid of [Db] the dark.
_ [C] _
[B] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ Jeannie was always afraid of the dark, and we never could understand why.
But we didn't know, [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care, cause Jeannie was [C] our only [D] [Eb] child. _ _ _
_ _ Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of, _ cause it took her one dark, _ [Ab]
stormy night.
_ _ _ _ [Bb]
I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grow.
_ It seemed that she was [D] destined to die.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
_ But on Jeannie's grave we placed an eternal flame that glows and never loses its [Ab] spark. _ _ _
_ [Bb] And on the darkest of nights there's always a light, cause _ Jeannie's afraid [Eb] of the dark. _ _
[Bb] _ Are _ Jeannie's afraid of [Eb] the dark? _
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