The Birds Were Singing Of You Chords
The Birds Were Singing Of You by The Carter Family is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E A E B7
Last night the pale moon was shining, last night when all was still,
E A E B7 E
I was wandering alone in sadness out among the woodland hills.
E A E B7
I heard the birds a-singing out among the trees and views,
E A E B7 E
and all the birds, my darling, were singing, were singing of you.
A E B7
Were singing, singing of you, my love were singing, singing of you,
E A E B7 E
and all the birds, my darling were singing, were singing of you.
E A E B7
I think of you in the daytime, I dream of you by night,
E A E B7 E
I wake and wish you was here, love, and tears are blinding my sight.
E A E B7
The flowers that slumber so sweetly, the stars are above the blue,
E A E B7 E
oh, heaven itself, my darling, is thinking, is thinking of you.
A E B7
Is thinking, thinking of you, my love, is thinking, thinking of you,
E A E B7 E
oh, heaven itself, my darling, is thinking, is thinking of you.
E A E B7
I open my window so gently, look down on the dreaming view,
E A E B7 E
and all the world, my darling, was sighing, was sighing for you.
A E B7
Was sighing, sighing for you, my love, was sighing, sighing for you,
E A E B7 E
and all the world , my darling, was sighing, was sighing for you.