While I Play The Fiddle chords by Kenny Rogers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: D MajorD


🎸 Intro:

FF   FF   C majorC   A augmentedA   FF   G+G   C majorC   C majorC

🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC
The scene is a barroom a second rate dive
                G+G
The address is third street and vine
G+G
And I make the music to bring out the flavor
              C majorC
Of cigarettes laughter and wine
 C majorC
My sweetheart she's dancing with some total stranger
  C7C7            FF
I'm singing this song from my heart
              C majorC     A7A7
While I make the music for honky tonk people
  FF      G+G      C majorC  C7C7
I'm watching my world fall apart

🎸 Chorus:
FF
I have a riddle listen my fiddle
                 C majorC
Playing the music she loves so to hear
  G+G
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow

While I play the fiddle
              C majorC
I'm watching my world disappear

🎸 Solo:
FF   FF   C majorC   A augmentedA   FF   G+G   C majorC   C majorC

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
My love for the dancing
C majorC
Is almost as strong as her love
        G+G
For the music I play
G+G
But she could not live in the gardens and flowers
                 C majorC
So here's where she's happy we'll stay
C majorC
The scene is a barroom a second rate dive
  C7C7          FF
On stage is a honky tonk sound
                 C majorC     A7A7
I'm the one in the middle with a honky tonk fiddle
FF      G+G      C majorC
Watching my world tumble down

🎸 Chorus:
FF
I'm in the middle listen my fiddle
                    C majorC
It's playing the music she loves so to hear
  G+G
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow
G+G
While I play the fiddle
              C majorC
I'm watching my world disappear

🎸 Outro:
FF
I have a riddle listen my fiddle
                 C majorC
Playing the music she loves so to hear
  G+G
Forgotten I know is the man with the bow

While I play the fiddle
              C majorC
I'm watching my world disappear