The Nightingale chords by Alex Campbell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C        F  C  G

Verse:
         C
"Now, my sweetheart, come along, don't you hear the sweet song
                       F           C     G
The sweet notes of the nightingale flow?
          C             F           C            G
Don't you hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale
       C            F        C  F  C  G
As she sings in the valley below_______?
       C            G        C   F  C  G  C G C
As she sings in the valley below"

Verse:
 C
"Pretty Betty, don't fail, for I'll carry your pail
                  F         C   G
Safe home to your cot as we go
          C             F           C            G
You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale
       C            F        C  F  C  G
As she sings in the valley below_______?
       C            G        C   F  C  G  C G C
As she sings in the valley below"

Verse:
 C
"Pray let me alone, I have hands of me own
                F             C   G
Along with you, sir, I'll not go
       C             F           C            G
For to hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale
       C            F        C  F  C  G
As she sings in the valley below_______?
       C            G        C   F  C  G  C G C
As she sings in the valley below"

Verse:
 C
"Pray sit yourself down with me on the ground
                       F         C     G
On this bank where the primroses grow
          C             F           C            G
You shall hear the fond tale of the sweet nightingale
       C            F        C  F  C  G
As she sings in the valley below_______?
       C            G        C   F  C  G  C G C
As she sings in the valley below"

Verse:
C
Now this couple agreed and were married with speed
                F               C   G
And soon to the church they did go
   C            F            C           G
No more is she afraid for to walk in the shade
      C          F        C  F  C  G
Or to sit in the valley below_______
      C          G        C   F  C  G  C G C
Or to sit in the valley below