Chords for Songs of Appalachia: Songbird Lou Wilson
Tempo:
85.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
F
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Come all ye fair and tenderly,
Make one and howl, you cork [D] young men,
For they're like [C] bright stars.
Hi, I'm Lou [G] Wilson.
I'm from Speedwalk, [C] where I have been practically all my [D] life.
[G] And I have always liked to play music.
And I learned a lot of old songs from my grandma.
And from listening to the radio.
[D] And that's [C] about all.
Go on your court [G] to my mother,
And [C] I'll leave you there [G] in grief and dwell.
I wish I was on some high mountain,
Where the ivy rocks are black [D] as ink.
I'd [C] write a letter to my [G] false true lover.
When I was six [C] years old, I did sing on the stage at [G] LMU
for a little program that the school was putting on.
And we used to have a little music show in Clanton.
And I sang there and just around like that.
At [D] home a lot.
[D] Shindigs, we'd call them.
[A]
[D]
[G] [D] [E] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [Em] [D] [G] [D]
[C] [G] I was the first one, I guess, that played a guitar.
[C] [Fm]
But my mother and daddy and my grandparents,
they would [C] all sing.
And [G] I'll pawn you my [C] gold wedding ring.
I will [F] pawn you this [Bb] heart and [C] my blue thumb.
Only [G] say that you'll love [C] me again.
I [F] don't know how they learned them.
Just from [C] hearing them [G] around, I guess,
because [Dm] [G] that was way back they'd sing for.
They even had radios and stuff like that.
The one true life [C] never thrills.
[D] To the field is mad, a good deed [G] brings until.
It's too late and they are ready to [C] lie down.
[D] There beneath the leaves that's scattered [G] on the ground.
To your grave there's no use taking any [C] gold.
You [D] cannot use it when it's time for [G] hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better [C] place someday.
Make one and howl, you cork [D] young men,
For they're like [C] bright stars.
Hi, I'm Lou [G] Wilson.
I'm from Speedwalk, [C] where I have been practically all my [D] life.
[G] And I have always liked to play music.
And I learned a lot of old songs from my grandma.
And from listening to the radio.
[D] And that's [C] about all.
Go on your court [G] to my mother,
And [C] I'll leave you there [G] in grief and dwell.
I wish I was on some high mountain,
Where the ivy rocks are black [D] as ink.
I'd [C] write a letter to my [G] false true lover.
When I was six [C] years old, I did sing on the stage at [G] LMU
for a little program that the school was putting on.
And we used to have a little music show in Clanton.
And I sang there and just around like that.
At [D] home a lot.
[D] Shindigs, we'd call them.
[A]
[D]
[G] [D] [E] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [Em] [D] [G] [D]
[C] [G] I was the first one, I guess, that played a guitar.
[C] [Fm]
But my mother and daddy and my grandparents,
they would [C] all sing.
And [G] I'll pawn you my [C] gold wedding ring.
I will [F] pawn you this [Bb] heart and [C] my blue thumb.
Only [G] say that you'll love [C] me again.
I [F] don't know how they learned them.
Just from [C] hearing them [G] around, I guess,
because [Dm] [G] that was way back they'd sing for.
They even had radios and stuff like that.
The one true life [C] never thrills.
[D] To the field is mad, a good deed [G] brings until.
It's too late and they are ready to [C] lie down.
[D] There beneath the leaves that's scattered [G] on the ground.
To your grave there's no use taking any [C] gold.
You [D] cannot use it when it's time for [G] hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better [C] place someday.
Key:
G
C
D
F
A
G
C
D
[G] _ Come all ye fair and _ tenderly,
Make one and _ howl, you cork [D] young men,
For they're like [C] bright stars.
Hi, I'm Lou [G] Wilson.
I'm from Speedwalk, [C] where I have been practically all my [D] life.
[G] And I have always liked to play music.
_ And I learned a lot of old songs from my grandma. _
_ And from listening to the radio.
[D] And that's [C] about all.
Go on your court [G] to my mother,
And [C] I'll leave you _ there [G] in grief and dwell.
_ I wish I was on some high mountain,
_ Where the ivy rocks are black [D] as ink.
I'd [C] write a letter to my [G] false true lover.
When I was six [C] years old, I did sing on the stage at [G] LMU
for a little program that the school was putting on.
_ And we used to have a little music show in Clanton.
And I sang there and just around like that.
At [D] home a lot.
[D] Shindigs, we'd call them.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] I was the first one, I guess, that played a guitar.
[C] _ [Fm]
But my mother and daddy and my grandparents,
they would [C] all sing. _
And [G] I'll pawn you my [C] gold wedding ring.
I will [F] pawn you this [Bb] heart and [C] my blue thumb.
Only [G] say that you'll love [C] me again.
I [F] don't know how they learned them.
Just from [C] hearing them [G] around, I guess,
because [Dm] [G] that was way back they'd sing for.
They even had radios and stuff like that.
The one true life [C] never thrills.
[D] To the field is mad, a good deed [G] brings until. _
It's too late and they are ready to [C] lie down.
[D] There beneath the leaves that's scattered [G] on the ground. _
To your grave there's no use taking any [C] gold.
You [D] cannot use it when it's time for [G] hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better [C] place someday.
Make one and _ howl, you cork [D] young men,
For they're like [C] bright stars.
Hi, I'm Lou [G] Wilson.
I'm from Speedwalk, [C] where I have been practically all my [D] life.
[G] And I have always liked to play music.
_ And I learned a lot of old songs from my grandma. _
_ And from listening to the radio.
[D] And that's [C] about all.
Go on your court [G] to my mother,
And [C] I'll leave you _ there [G] in grief and dwell.
_ I wish I was on some high mountain,
_ Where the ivy rocks are black [D] as ink.
I'd [C] write a letter to my [G] false true lover.
When I was six [C] years old, I did sing on the stage at [G] LMU
for a little program that the school was putting on.
_ And we used to have a little music show in Clanton.
And I sang there and just around like that.
At [D] home a lot.
[D] Shindigs, we'd call them.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] I was the first one, I guess, that played a guitar.
[C] _ [Fm]
But my mother and daddy and my grandparents,
they would [C] all sing. _
And [G] I'll pawn you my [C] gold wedding ring.
I will [F] pawn you this [Bb] heart and [C] my blue thumb.
Only [G] say that you'll love [C] me again.
I [F] don't know how they learned them.
Just from [C] hearing them [G] around, I guess,
because [Dm] [G] that was way back they'd sing for.
They even had radios and stuff like that.
The one true life [C] never thrills.
[D] To the field is mad, a good deed [G] brings until. _
It's too late and they are ready to [C] lie down.
[D] There beneath the leaves that's scattered [G] on the ground. _
To your grave there's no use taking any [C] gold.
You [D] cannot use it when it's time for [G] hands to fold.
When you leave this world for a better [C] place someday.