The First Whippoorwill chords by Hazel Dickens

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Bb majorBb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb

Verse:
Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb    FF       Bb majorBb Bb majorBb
Spring time is here my darling, They say that you are going away
  Bb majorBb     Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb Bb   FF         Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
My heart will be with you my darling, And I'm countin' down the days

Chorus:
 Eb/BbEb/Bb   Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb    FF  FF
I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
 Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb      Bb majorBb
I feel so all alone my darling said you'd be gone
    Bb majorBb     FF       Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill

Verse:
  Bb majorBb             Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb   FF      Bb majorBb
The flowers are bloomin' little darling, With a button of degree
 Bb majorBb           Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb    FF        Bb majorBb
I hear them night birds a crying, I know that they are warning me

Chorus:
 Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb    FF  FF
I know that you have to travel, I know I'm over the due
 Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb      Bb majorBb
I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
    Bb majorBb     FF       Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill

Verse:
  Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb       Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb   FF         Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
Our love was planted little darling, Just like a farmer plants the grain
  Bb majorBb     Bb majorBb     Bb majorBb   Bb majorBb    Bb majorBb    FF        Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
But there will never be a harvest, On the hill the whippoorwill now sings

Chorus:
 Eb MajorEb    Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb Bb majorBb        FF  FF
I know that you now have to travel, I know I'm over the due
 Eb MajorEb      Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb      Bb majorBb
I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
    Bb majorBb     FF       Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb
When I heard that first whippoorwill

Outro:
Bb majorBb