Chords for Stephen Foster's 'Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair' - 1854 - Performed by Tom Roush
Tempo:
149.95 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[G] [C]
[Am] [F] [Em]
[Dm] [C] [Em] [C]
I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair [Am] Born like [F] a vapor [C] [D] on the summer [G] air
[C] I see [F] her tripping where [G] the bright [C] streams play
daisies [G] that [D] dance on [G] her way
wild [C] notes her merry voice would pour
[G] [C]
[Am] [F] [Em]
[Dm] [C] [Em] [C]
I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair [Am] Born like [F] a vapor [C] [D] on the summer [G] air
[C] I see [F] her tripping where [G] the bright [C] streams play
daisies [G] that [D] dance on [G] her way
wild [C] notes her merry voice would pour
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F
Am
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair _ [Am] _ Born like [F] a vapor _ [C] _ [D] on the summer [G] air
_ [C] I see _ [F] her tripping where [G] the bright [C] streams play
_ [G] Happy _ [C] as the daisies [G] that [D] dance on [G] her way
_ Many were the wild [C] notes her merry voice would pour
_ [F] Many were [C] the [E] black [Am] birds that _ [D] warbled [G] and moored
Oh, [C] I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair
_ [Am] _ Floating [Em] like a [Dm] vapor on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] _
air
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ I _ long [F] for Jeannie with [G] a day _ [C] dawn smile
_ [Am] _ _ Radiant [F] in _ _ [C] gladness, [D] warm with [G] winning guile
[C] I hear [F] her melodies [G] like joys [C] gone by
_ [G] _ Sighing round [C] my heart over [G] the [D] fond hopes [G] that die
_ _ Sighing like the night [C] wind and sobbing like the rain
_ [F] Waiting _ [C] for the [E] lost [Am] one that [D] comes not [G] again
Oh, [C] I long [F] for Jeannie and [G] my heart [C] bows low
_ [Am] Never _ [F] [Em] more to find [F] her where [C] the [G] bright [C] waters flow
_ _ I _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ sigh _ [F] for Jeannie, but [G] her light [C] forms stray
_ _ [Am] _ Far from [F] the fond [C] hearts [D] around her [G] native blade
_ [C] Her smiles [F] have vanished and [G] her sweet [C] songs flown
_ [G] _ Flitting like [C] the dreams that [G] have [D] cheered us [G] and gone
_ Now the nodding _ wildflowers [C] may wither on the shore
_ _ [F] While her [C] gentle _
[E] fingers [Am] will [D] call them [G] no more
Oh, [C] I sigh [F] for Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair
_ [Am] _ Floating [Em] like a [F] vapor on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] air
_ _ [Am] _ Floating like a [E] vapor [F] on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] air _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _
_ I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair _ [Am] _ Born like [F] a vapor _ [C] _ [D] on the summer [G] air
_ [C] I see _ [F] her tripping where [G] the bright [C] streams play
_ [G] Happy _ [C] as the daisies [G] that [D] dance on [G] her way
_ Many were the wild [C] notes her merry voice would pour
_ [F] Many were [C] the [E] black [Am] birds that _ [D] warbled [G] and moored
Oh, [C] I dream [F] of Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair
_ [Am] _ Floating [Em] like a [Dm] vapor on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] _
air
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ I _ long [F] for Jeannie with [G] a day _ [C] dawn smile
_ [Am] _ _ Radiant [F] in _ _ [C] gladness, [D] warm with [G] winning guile
[C] I hear [F] her melodies [G] like joys [C] gone by
_ [G] _ Sighing round [C] my heart over [G] the [D] fond hopes [G] that die
_ _ Sighing like the night [C] wind and sobbing like the rain
_ [F] Waiting _ [C] for the [E] lost [Am] one that [D] comes not [G] again
Oh, [C] I long [F] for Jeannie and [G] my heart [C] bows low
_ [Am] Never _ [F] [Em] more to find [F] her where [C] the [G] bright [C] waters flow
_ _ I _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ sigh _ [F] for Jeannie, but [G] her light [C] forms stray
_ _ [Am] _ Far from [F] the fond [C] hearts [D] around her [G] native blade
_ [C] Her smiles [F] have vanished and [G] her sweet [C] songs flown
_ [G] _ Flitting like [C] the dreams that [G] have [D] cheered us [G] and gone
_ Now the nodding _ wildflowers [C] may wither on the shore
_ _ [F] While her [C] gentle _
[E] fingers [Am] will [D] call them [G] no more
Oh, [C] I sigh [F] for Jeannie with [G] the light [C] brown hair
_ [Am] _ Floating [Em] like a [F] vapor on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] air
_ _ [Am] _ Floating like a [E] vapor [F] on [C] the [G] soft summer [C] air _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _