The Hunger Games The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - Bury Me Beneath The Willow chords by Soundtracks

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🎸 Intro:

C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC C majorC G+G G+G
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C majorC


🎸 Verse 1:
   C majorC   C7C7   FF
My heart is sad and I am lonely
 C majorC         G+G   G7G7
For the only one I love
   C majorC    C7C7   FF
When shall I see him? Oh, no never
 C majorC   G7G7       C majorC
'Til we meet in Heaven above

🎸 Chorus:
   C majorC     FF
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
 C majorC            G+G   G7G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
  C majorC         FF
So he will know where I am sleepin'
 C majorC  G+G           C majorC
And perhaps, he'll weep for me


🎸 Instrumental:
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC C majorC G+G G+G
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C majorC


🎸 Verse 2:
   C majorC   C7C7   FF
He told me that he dearly loved me
 C majorC           G+G   G7G7
How could I believe it untrue?
 C majorC    C7C7   FF
Until the angel softly whispered
 C majorC    G7G7       C majorC
"He will prove untrue to you"


🎸 Chorus:
   C majorC     FF
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
 C majorC            G+G   G7G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
  C majorC         FF
So he will know where I am sleepin'
 C majorC   G+G          C majorC
And perhaps, he'll weep for me

🎸 Instrumental:
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC C majorC G+G G+G
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C majorC


🎸 Verse 3:
  C majorC   C7C7   FF
Tomorrow was our wedding day
  C majorC             G+G  G7G7
Oh God, oh God, where can he be?
   C majorC   C7C7   FF
He's out a-courting with another
 C majorC   G7G7       C majorC
And no longer cares for me


🎸 Chorus:
   C majorC     FF
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
 C majorC            G+G   G7G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
  C majorC         FF
So he will know where I am sleepin'
 C majorC   G+G          C majorC
And perhaps, he'll weep for me


🎸 Outro:
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC C majorC G+G G+G
C majorC C majorC FF FF
C majorC G7G7 C majorC C majorC



It is also known as "Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow", "The Weeping Willow", "The Willow Tree"and
"Under the Willow Tree“. Its author is unknown.

Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford (1927); the Carter Family (1927);The Delmore Brothers (1938);
The Shelton Brothers and Curly Fox (1936); Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice (1980), Dolly Parton,
The Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt