Under The Willow Shes Sleeping chords by Stephen Foster

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
C majorC     G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow she’s laid with care,
A minorAm      D7D7      G+G     G7G7
(Sang, along mother while weeping;)
C majorC     G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow, with golden hair,
  D7D7      G7G7   C majorC      C7C7
My little one’s quietly sleeping.

Chorus:
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
 A minorAm     D7D7      G+G     G7G7
(Sang, along mother shile weeping;)
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
D7D7    G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow she’s sleeping.

Verse 2:
C majorC     G7G7    C majorC
Under the willow no songs are heard
A minorAm      D7D7      G+G    G7G7
Near where my darling lies dreaming;
C majorC       G7G7      C majorC
Nought but the voice of some far-off bird
C majorC       G7G7       C majorC C majorC    C7C7
Where life and its pleasures are beaming

Chorus:
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
 A minorAm     D7D7      G+G     G7G7
(Sang, along mother shile weeping;)
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
D7D7    G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow she’s sleeping.

Verse 3:
C majorC     G7G7    C majorC
Under the willow by night and day
A minorAm    D7D7   G+G    G7G7
Sorrowing ever I ponder;
C majorC       G7G7    C majorC
Free from its shadowy, gloomy ray
  D7D7   G7G7      C majorC    C7C7
Ah! never again can she wander

Chorus:
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
 A minorAm     D7D7      G+G     G7G7
(Sang, along mother shile weeping;)
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
D7D7    G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow she’s sleeping.

Verse 4:
C majorC     G7G7    C majorC
Under the willow I breathe a prayer
A minorAm     D7D7    G+G    G7G7
Longing to linger forever
C majorC     G7G7     C majorC
Near to my angel with golden hair
   D7D7         G7G7    C majorC   C7C7
In a land where there’s sorrowing never

Chorus:
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
 A minorAm     D7D7      G+G     G7G7
(Sang, along mother shile weeping;)
FF   G7G7    C majorC
Fair, fair, and golden hair,
D7D7    G7G7      C majorC
Under the willow she’s sleeping.