The Nightingale chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

The Nightingale
Capo 1st Fret
(There are two words were I could not put an apostrophe in - (they are I m and we
ll), so just put it in yourself as I have left the space).

A       D      E    A
As I went a walking one morning in May
                   E
I met a young couple who fondly did stray
A                   E
One was a young maid so sweet and so fair
 A         D      E       A
And the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier

Chorus
A               D        E       A
And they kissed so sweet and comforting as the clung to each other
                            E
They went arm and arm along the road like sister and brother
A                            E
They went arm in arm along the road til they came to a stream
A            D             E       A
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

A        D      E      A
Well out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle
                           E
And he played her such a merry tune that you ever did hear
 A                            E
And he played her such a merry tune that the valley did ring
 A           D             E      A
And they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

Repeat Chorus

A       D     E     A
Well I m off to India for seven long years
                           E
Drinking wines and strong whiskeys instead of cool beers
 A                       E
And if ever I return again it will be in the spring
 A            D              E    A
And we ll both sit down together love to hear the nightingale sing

A          D      E    A
Oh soldier, Oh soldier, will you marry me
                   E
Oh no said the soldier that never can be
A                   E
For I have a wife at home in my own country
A         D          E    A
And she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see

Repeat Chorus