My Dear Companion Chords
My Dear Companion by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C F
Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G
For he was all this world to me
C F
I hear he's gone to some far country
C G C
And that he cares no more for me
F C
I wish I were a swallow flying
C G
I'd fly to a high and lonesome place
C F
I'd join the wild birds in their crying
C G C
Thinking of you and your sweet face
C F
Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G
For he was all this world to me
C F
But now the stars have turned against me
C G C
And he cares no more for me
F C
Oh when the dark is on the mountain
G
And all the world has gone to sleep
C F
I will go down to the cold dark waters
C G C
And there I'll lay me down and weep
F C
Oh have you seen my dear companion
F C
Oh have you seen my dear companion
F C
Oh have you seen my dear companion
C G C
For he was all this world to me