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The First Whippoorwill Chords by Hazel Dickens

The First Whippoorwill chords by Hazel Dickens

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Bb/F Bb

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outro:
Bb

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