Chords for The Carter Family - The Birds Were Singing of You
Tempo:
106.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
Last night the pale [A] moon was shining, [E] Last night when all [B] was still,
[E] I was wandering [A] alone in sadness [E] Out [Abm] among the [E] woodland hills.
I heard the birds [A] a-singing [E] Out among the [B] trees and fields,
[E] And all the birds, [A] my darling, [E] Were singing, [B] were singing [E] of you.
[A] Were singing, singing [E] of you, my love, Were singing, singing [B] of you.
[E] And all the [A] birds, my darling, [E] Were singing, were singing of you.
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [E]
I think of you [A] in the daytime, [E] I dream of you [B] by night.
[E] I wake and wish [A] you was here love, [E] and [B] tears are [E] blinding my sight.
The flowers that [A] slumber so sweetly, [E] the stars are above [B] the blue.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is [Abm] thinking, is thinking [E] of you.
[A] Is thinking, [E] thinking of you, is thinking, thinking [B] of you.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is thinking, is thinking of you.
I [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [E]
opened my window [A] so gently,
[E] looked out on the dreaming [B] view, [E] and all the world, my [A] darling, [E] was sighing, [B] was sighing [E] for
[A] [E]
[B] [E] you.
And all the world, [A] my darling,
[E] was sighing, was sighing for you.
Last night the pale [A] moon was shining, [E] Last night when all [B] was still,
[E] I was wandering [A] alone in sadness [E] Out [Abm] among the [E] woodland hills.
I heard the birds [A] a-singing [E] Out among the [B] trees and fields,
[E] And all the birds, [A] my darling, [E] Were singing, [B] were singing [E] of you.
[A] Were singing, singing [E] of you, my love, Were singing, singing [B] of you.
[E] And all the [A] birds, my darling, [E] Were singing, were singing of you.
[A]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [E]
I think of you [A] in the daytime, [E] I dream of you [B] by night.
[E] I wake and wish [A] you was here love, [E] and [B] tears are [E] blinding my sight.
The flowers that [A] slumber so sweetly, [E] the stars are above [B] the blue.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is [Abm] thinking, is thinking [E] of you.
[A] Is thinking, [E] thinking of you, is thinking, thinking [B] of you.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is thinking, is thinking of you.
I [A]
[E] [B]
[E] [A]
[E] [B] [E]
opened my window [A] so gently,
[E] looked out on the dreaming [B] view, [E] and all the world, my [A] darling, [E] was sighing, [B] was sighing [E] for
[A] [E]
[B] [E] you.
And all the world, [A] my darling,
[E] was sighing, was sighing for you.
Key:
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A
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Abm
E
A
B
Abm
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Last night the pale [A] moon was shining, _ [E] Last night when all [B] was still,
[E] I was wandering [A] alone in sadness [E] Out [Abm] among the [E] woodland hills. _
I heard the birds [A] a-singing _ [E] Out among the [B] trees and _ fields,
[E] And all the birds, [A] my darling, [E] Were singing, [B] were singing [E] of you.
[A] Were singing, singing [E] of you, my love, Were singing, singing [B] of you.
_ [E] And all the [A] birds, my darling, [E] Were singing, were singing of you.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I think of you [A] in the daytime, [E] I dream of you [B] by night.
[E] I wake and wish [A] you was here love, [E] and [B] tears are [E] blinding my sight.
The flowers that [A] slumber so _ sweetly, [E] the stars are above [B] the blue.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is [Abm] thinking, is thinking [E] of you. _
[A] Is thinking, [E] thinking of you, _ is thinking, thinking [B] of you.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, _ [E] is thinking, is thinking of you.
I _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ opened my window [A] so gently, _
[E] looked out on the dreaming [B] view, _ [E] and all the world, my [A] _ darling, [E] was sighing, [B] was sighing [E] for _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] you.
And all the world, [A] my darling, _
[E] was sighing, was sighing for you. _
Last night the pale [A] moon was shining, _ [E] Last night when all [B] was still,
[E] I was wandering [A] alone in sadness [E] Out [Abm] among the [E] woodland hills. _
I heard the birds [A] a-singing _ [E] Out among the [B] trees and _ fields,
[E] And all the birds, [A] my darling, [E] Were singing, [B] were singing [E] of you.
[A] Were singing, singing [E] of you, my love, Were singing, singing [B] of you.
_ [E] And all the [A] birds, my darling, [E] Were singing, were singing of you.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ I think of you [A] in the daytime, [E] I dream of you [B] by night.
[E] I wake and wish [A] you was here love, [E] and [B] tears are [E] blinding my sight.
The flowers that [A] slumber so _ sweetly, [E] the stars are above [B] the blue.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, [E] is [Abm] thinking, is thinking [E] of you. _
[A] Is thinking, [E] thinking of you, _ is thinking, thinking [B] of you.
[E] Oh, heaven itself, [A] my darling, _ [E] is thinking, is thinking of you.
I _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ opened my window [A] so gently, _
[E] looked out on the dreaming [B] view, _ [E] and all the world, my [A] _ darling, [E] was sighing, [B] was sighing [E] for _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] you.
And all the world, [A] my darling, _
[E] was sighing, was sighing for you. _