In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree Chords
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree by Louis Amstrong is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Em7, A7, D, G, D6, A, G/B, Cdim, E, Bm5-/7, Edim and Gdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em7 A7 D A7 D G A7 G D
In the shade of the old apple tree
G A7 D A7 D G D A7 D
Where the love in your eyes I could see
D6 A A7 G/B A7 Cdim A7 D G A7 D
When the voice that I heard like the song of a bird
Cdim D E Bm5-/7 Cdim E Cdim Bm5-/7 A7
Seemed to whisper sweet music to me
Em7 A7 D A7 D G A7 G D
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
G A7 D A7 D G A7 Em7 D
In the blossoms as you said to me
D6 A A7 G/B A7 Edim A7 D Cdim D G
"With a heart that is true, I'll be waiting for you
Gdim A7 D A7 D G D A7 D
"In the shade of the old apple tree"