Chords for Jimmie Rodgers first recording - The Soldier's Sweetheart - August 4th 1927
Tempo:
100 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
A#
F#
D#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi there, my name is Michael.
I'm sitting here with an old 78 rpm record
This is Jimmy Rogers the singing breakman the father of country music
America's blue yodeler and he sings a song called the soldier sweetheart
This was the first song he ever recorded and it happened on the 4th of August
1927 in Bristol, Tennessee
The man who recorded it was Ralph Peer
[A#] [F]
[F#] [C#]
He was a sweetheart, his hand
[C#] curling, [Fm] his loving [G#] eyes were [C#] blue
He told me that he loved me
And he [F#] often [C#] proved his soul
[F#] And he often
[C#] sang to me
[G#] When the evening sun was low
But they took him [A#] to his orphanage
[C#] And when [D#m]
he come to [A#] say goodbye
[G#] He [C#]
says goodbye [A#] to Francis [C#] Cole
He takes the gold unsangled ring
[F#] And he placed it on [C#] my hand
[D#m] Said remember me [C#] little dog
[G#] When I'm old man
[C#]
He [D#] promised he would [C#]
write [G#] to me
[F#] That promise [C#] he's kept you
And [A#] when I'm [C#] [G#] gone pray the Lord
The second letter I got from [G#] him
[F#] The war was just a [C#] day
The
[F#] third one wrote by his captain
[A#]
[G#] Bill [C#] was dead
He called out [A#] I'll keep his gold [C#] ring
[D#m]
[G#] For the soldier who I'll [C#] be
[C]
[N]
I'm sitting here with an old 78 rpm record
This is Jimmy Rogers the singing breakman the father of country music
America's blue yodeler and he sings a song called the soldier sweetheart
This was the first song he ever recorded and it happened on the 4th of August
1927 in Bristol, Tennessee
The man who recorded it was Ralph Peer
[A#] [F]
[F#] [C#]
He was a sweetheart, his hand
[C#] curling, [Fm] his loving [G#] eyes were [C#] blue
He told me that he loved me
And he [F#] often [C#] proved his soul
[F#] And he often
[C#] sang to me
[G#] When the evening sun was low
But they took him [A#] to his orphanage
[C#] And when [D#m]
he come to [A#] say goodbye
[G#] He [C#]
says goodbye [A#] to Francis [C#] Cole
He takes the gold unsangled ring
[F#] And he placed it on [C#] my hand
[D#m] Said remember me [C#] little dog
[G#] When I'm old man
[C#]
He [D#] promised he would [C#]
write [G#] to me
[F#] That promise [C#] he's kept you
And [A#] when I'm [C#] [G#] gone pray the Lord
The second letter I got from [G#] him
[F#] The war was just a [C#] day
The
[F#] third one wrote by his captain
[A#]
[G#] Bill [C#] was dead
He called out [A#] I'll keep his gold [C#] ring
[D#m]
[G#] For the soldier who I'll [C#] be
[C]
[N]
Key:
C#
G#
A#
F#
D#m
C#
G#
A#
Hi there, my name is Michael.
I'm sitting here with an old 78 rpm record
This is Jimmy Rogers the singing breakman the father of country music
America's blue yodeler and he sings a song called the soldier sweetheart
This was the first song he ever recorded and it happened on the 4th of August
_ 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee
The man who recorded it was Ralph Peer
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He was a sweetheart, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ his hand _
_ _ [C#] curling, [Fm] _ _ his loving [G#] eyes were [C#] blue _ _
He told me that he loved me
And he [F#] often [C#] proved his soul
_ [F#] And he often _
_ [C#] sang to me
[G#] _ When the evening sun was low _ _ _
_ But they took him _ _ _ [A#] to his _ orphanage
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ And when [D#m]
he come to [A#] say goodbye _ _
[G#] He _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ says goodbye _ _ _ _ _ [A#] to Francis _ [C#] Cole _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He takes the gold unsangled ring
[F#] And he placed it on [C#] my hand
_ [D#m] Said remember me [C#] little dog
_ [G#] _ When I'm old man
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ He [D#] promised he would [C#]
write [G#] to me
[F#] That promise _ [C#] he's kept you
_ _ And [A#] when I'm _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ gone pray the _ _ _ _ _ _ Lord
The second _ letter I got from [G#] him
[F#] The war was just a [C#] day
_ _ The _ _
[F#] third one wrote by his captain
[A#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ Bill [C#] was dead
_ _ He called out _ _ _ [A#] I'll keep his gold [C#] ring
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ For the soldier who I'll [C#] be _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
I'm sitting here with an old 78 rpm record
This is Jimmy Rogers the singing breakman the father of country music
America's blue yodeler and he sings a song called the soldier sweetheart
This was the first song he ever recorded and it happened on the 4th of August
_ 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee
The man who recorded it was Ralph Peer
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He was a sweetheart, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ his hand _
_ _ [C#] curling, [Fm] _ _ his loving [G#] eyes were [C#] blue _ _
He told me that he loved me
And he [F#] often [C#] proved his soul
_ [F#] And he often _
_ [C#] sang to me
[G#] _ When the evening sun was low _ _ _
_ But they took him _ _ _ [A#] to his _ orphanage
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ And when [D#m]
he come to [A#] say goodbye _ _
[G#] He _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ says goodbye _ _ _ _ _ [A#] to Francis _ [C#] Cole _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He takes the gold unsangled ring
[F#] And he placed it on [C#] my hand
_ [D#m] Said remember me [C#] little dog
_ [G#] _ When I'm old man
[C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ He [D#] promised he would [C#]
write [G#] to me
[F#] That promise _ [C#] he's kept you
_ _ And [A#] when I'm _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#] _ gone pray the _ _ _ _ _ _ Lord
The second _ letter I got from [G#] him
[F#] The war was just a [C#] day
_ _ The _ _
[F#] third one wrote by his captain
[A#] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ Bill [C#] was dead
_ _ He called out _ _ _ [A#] I'll keep his gold [C#] ring
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ For the soldier who I'll [C#] be _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _