Lullabies chords by Buck Meek

• Difficulty: Intermediate

♫ Verse 1:
F     F7        Dm   Dm/C   F       Bb
Ava crowed, her labour went on for days
F     F7           Dm  Dm/C         F
Eyes glowed, she sang lullabies to slow the pain
Bb         Am                        Dm        F          Bb
"Sunshine, my sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey"

♫ Verse 2:
         F         F7          Dm Dm/C F     Bb
When the midwife arrived, she untied all the curtains
F        F7        Dm  Dm/C     F
And un-braided the ribbons from Ava′s head
Bb                Am              Dm      F       Bb
Made loose every shining black strand, thread by thread

♫ Verse 3:
      F        F7          Dm Dm/C F       Bb
Come waves of redemption free out on the ocean
F              F7         Dm   Dm/C  F
Come waves and waves and waves and waves of grief
Bb                Am        Dm      F        Bb
Spread out to the horizon, shining from the land

♫ Verse 4:
F         F7      Dm Dm/C  F   Bb
The baby, rose an angel among men
F     F7          D  Dm/C   F
Eyes glowed like butterflies in the wind
Bb            Am            Dm    F     Bb
"I dreamed I held you, alas I was mistaken"

♫ Solo:
F     F7      Dm   Dm/C   F    Bb
F     F7      Dm   Dm/C   F    Bb
Bb   Am      Dm    F     Bb

♫ Verse 5:
F     F7          Dm Dm/C    F    Bb
Grown older, the angel returns to man
F     F7       Dm   Dm/C       F
Stockbroker in a faraway and distant land
Bb                     Am           Dm      F               Bb
"Come back and make me happy, I'll forgive you and take the blame"

F     F7      Dm   Dm/C   F    Bb
F     F7      Dm   Dm/C   F
Bb            Am              Dm         F         Bb
I′ve always loved you, and nothing else could come between

♫ Verse 6:
F             F7        Dm   Dm/C   F    Bb
Their story's told with language below words
F     F7        Dm   Dm/C    F
A love grown in silence only angels heard
Bb              Am                  Dm           F        Bb
"Sunshine, my sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey
F                       F7           Dm      Bb           F     C         F
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you, you can′t take my sunshine away"