Chords for Richard Shindell - So say the whippoorwill
Tempo:
88.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Db] I'll finish up here with a folk song.
[Db] folky song I've ever written.
It even has [E] phrases in it like, my own [Ab] true love.
[Db] Any song with my own true love in it is a folk song.
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[Ab] Change could [Gb] happen any [Eb] day.
[Db] I'll finish up here with a folk song.
[Db] folky song I've ever written.
It even has [E] phrases in it like, my own [Ab] true love.
[Db] Any song with my own true love in it is a folk song.
[Db]
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[Ab] Change could [Gb] happen any [Eb] day.
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[Db] I'll finish up here with a folk song.
This is the most [E] folk song, most [Db] folky song I've ever written. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It even has [E] phrases in it like, my own [Ab] true love. _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Any song with my own true love in it is a folk song.
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_ [Ab] Change could [Gb] happen any [Eb] day.
So says [Dbm] the bluebill.
_ [Eb] _
_ [C] Hangs proud [Gb] for the [Ab] seeds that he'd [Eb] plow.
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_ [Db] Be free, you [Eb] fool, be free, you fool.
She sings all [Ab] after _ _ _ _ his.
To [Eb] show me how it's done, she [Ab] leaves him. _ _ _ _ _
_ But change could [Eb] happen any day.
[Ab] So say all the gardens.
_ For some night I've built around [Eb] my _ [Ab] solitary heart. _
[Eb] _ I tell myself that I'm only living, it's not so [Ab] bad, at least. _
The truth is that I'm just scared to death of walking through that gate. _
_ _ Change [Db] could [Dbm] happen any [Eb] day.
[Ab] So say my true love's eyes. _
They sing in [Db] the twilight [Dbm] shadows, [Ebm] their [Bb] sweet _ [Ab] forgiving eyes. _
[Eb] She smiles and says, come on, let's go, let's throw a bonefire. _ _
[Ab] It's such a shame [Eb] to waste this [Dbm] great jealousy [Ab] in [Db] the dark.
But _ _ change could [Gb] happen any day.
[Gb] _ [Ab] So says [Db] Father Brown. _ _
[Dbm] I [Ab] just stood before that still, small voice that [Eb] just can't [Ab] make it out.
It [Gb] made me the [Eb] constant [Ebm] whispering [Db] of the devil that [Ab] I am. _ _
[Dbm] Who would [Ab] I be if I believed who I am?
[Db] I don't. _ _
But change could [Gb] happen [Db] any day.
[Gb] So said [Db] the mountaineer. _ _ _
Before he turned to face his cliff [Eb] without a trace [Ab] of fear.
[Gb] Yodel-ay [Db]-ee-yo, [Eb] yodel-ay-ee-hoo, he sang right up [Ab] on his tongue. _ _
[Dbm] He caught [Ab] sight of that open blue and became a winner [Db] of the world.
_ [Db] He caught [C] sight of [Eb] that open [Db] blue and [Db] became [Ab] a winner _ [Db] _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] of the world. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Db] I'll finish up here with a folk song.
This is the most [E] folk song, most [Db] folky song I've ever written. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It even has [E] phrases in it like, my own [Ab] true love. _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Any song with my own true love in it is a folk song.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] Change could [Gb] happen any [Eb] day.
So says [Dbm] the bluebill.
_ [Eb] _
_ [C] Hangs proud [Gb] for the [Ab] seeds that he'd [Eb] plow.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] Be free, you [Eb] fool, be free, you fool.
She sings all [Ab] after _ _ _ _ his.
To [Eb] show me how it's done, she [Ab] leaves him. _ _ _ _ _
_ But change could [Eb] happen any day.
[Ab] So say all the gardens.
_ For some night I've built around [Eb] my _ [Ab] solitary heart. _
[Eb] _ I tell myself that I'm only living, it's not so [Ab] bad, at least. _
The truth is that I'm just scared to death of walking through that gate. _
_ _ Change [Db] could [Dbm] happen any [Eb] day.
[Ab] So say my true love's eyes. _
They sing in [Db] the twilight [Dbm] shadows, [Ebm] their [Bb] sweet _ [Ab] forgiving eyes. _
[Eb] She smiles and says, come on, let's go, let's throw a bonefire. _ _
[Ab] It's such a shame [Eb] to waste this [Dbm] great jealousy [Ab] in [Db] the dark.
But _ _ change could [Gb] happen any day.
[Gb] _ [Ab] So says [Db] Father Brown. _ _
[Dbm] I [Ab] just stood before that still, small voice that [Eb] just can't [Ab] make it out.
It [Gb] made me the [Eb] constant [Ebm] whispering [Db] of the devil that [Ab] I am. _ _
[Dbm] Who would [Ab] I be if I believed who I am?
[Db] I don't. _ _
But change could [Gb] happen [Db] any day.
[Gb] So said [Db] the mountaineer. _ _ _
Before he turned to face his cliff [Eb] without a trace [Ab] of fear.
[Gb] Yodel-ay [Db]-ee-yo, [Eb] yodel-ay-ee-hoo, he sang right up [Ab] on his tongue. _ _
[Dbm] He caught [Ab] sight of that open blue and became a winner [Db] of the world.
_ [Db] He caught [C] sight of [Eb] that open [Db] blue and [Db] became [Ab] a winner _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Ab] of the world. _ _ _ _ _