Chords for So Says The Whippoorwill

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158.8 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

A

Em

E

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So Says The Whippoorwill chords
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[D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D]
The change could [G]
happen any [D] day So [G] [D] [A] says the [D] whippoorwill
That hangs round for [G]
the [D] seeds I leave Out [E] on [Em] the [A] windowsill
Be [G]
[D] free, you fool, [E] be free, you [D] fool She [Gm]
[D] sings [E] all afternoon
[A]
As [D]
if to show [G]
me how [D] it's done [G] She [D] leaps [A] into the [D] blue
[G] And [D]
[G] [D] the change could [G]
happen [D] any day [G]
So [A] say all the [D]
guards
[G] In [Bm] [D]
the prison I [G]
have built [D] around [G]
My [Em] solitary [A]
heart
[G]
I tell [Bm] myself that [A]
[E] I'm [Bm] alright [D] That [G] it's not [A] so bad a place
[D]
Truth is that [G] I'm just scared [D] to death [G]
Of walking [A] through [D] that gate
[G] [D]
[G] [D] And the change could [G]
happen any [D] day [G] So [A] say my true [D] love's eyes
[G] They [D]
see into [G]
my [D] shadows With [G] their [Em] sweet forgiving [A] light
She [G]
smiles and says, [Em] come on, [G] let's go Let's stroll [Em] [D] the
[A] boulevard
It's [D]
such a [G]
shame to [D] waste the night [G] Just sitting [A] in [D] the dark
[G] [D]
[G]
[F#m] [Em]
[D]
[G] [F#m] [Em]
[A] [D]
[A]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] And the change could happen any day So [G] [A] said the [D]
mountaineer
[G] [D]
Before he [G] turned to [D] face his cliff Without [Em] a [A]
trace of fear
[G] Yodel -ay [D]-hee-ho, [Em] yodel -ay [D]-hee-hoo [G] He sang [Em] right [D] up [A] until
He [D]
caught sight [A] of [G] that [D] open blue [G] And [D] became [A] a [D]
whippoorwill
[G] He [D]
caught [A] sight of [G] that [D] open blue And [G]
became [D] [A] a [D] whippoorwill
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[N]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
Em
121
E
2311
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
The change _ could _ _ [G] _
happen any [D] day _ So [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] says the [D] whippoorwill
_ That _ _ _ _ _ hangs round for _ [G]
the _ [D] seeds I leave _ Out _ _ [E] on [Em] the _ [A] windowsill
_ Be _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] free, you fool, _ [E] be free, you [D] fool _ She [Gm] _
[D] sings [E] all _ afternoon
[A] _
As _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ if to show [G] _
me how [D] it's done _ [G] She _ [D] leaps [A] into the [D] blue _
_ [G] And _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] the change _ could _ _ [G] _ _
happen [D] any day _ _ [G] _
So [A] say _ all the [D] _
guards
[G] In _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _
the prison _ I _ [G]
have built [D] _ around _ [G] _
My _ [Em] _ solitary _ [A]
heart
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I tell [Bm] _ myself that [A] _
[E] I'm [Bm] alright _ [D] That [G] it's not [A] so _ bad a place
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Truth is that [G] I'm just scared [D] to death _ _ [G] _
Of walking [A] _ through [D] that gate
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] And the change could _ _ [G] _
happen any [D] day _ _ [G] So _ _ [A] say my true [D] love's eyes
[G] _ They _ [D] _
_ see _ into _ [G] _
my _ [D] shadows _ With [G] their _ _ [Em] sweet _ forgiving [A] _ light
She _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ smiles and says, [Em] come on, [G] let's _ go Let's stroll [Em] _ [D] the _
[A] boulevard
_ It's _ _ [D] _
_ _ such a _ _ [G] _
shame to [D] waste the night [G] Just _ sitting [A] _ _ in [D] the dark
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] And the change _ could _ _ _ happen any day _ So [G] _ _ [A] _ said the [D]
mountaineer
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Before he _ _ [G] turned to [D] face his cliff Without _ _ [Em] _ _ a [A]
trace of fear
_ _ [G] Yodel _ -ay [D]-hee-ho, [Em] yodel _ -ay [D]-hee-hoo [G] He sang [Em] right [D] up [A] until
_ _ _ _ _ He [D]
caught sight [A] of _ [G] that _ [D] _ open blue _ [G] And _ [D] became [A] _ a [D] _
whippoorwill
_ [G] _ _ _ He [D]
caught _ [A] sight of _ [G] that _ [D] open blue And [G] _
became [D] _ [A] _ a [D] whippoorwill
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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