• Song:

    The Nightingale

  • Artist:

    Dubliners

  • Album:

    Their Greatest Hits

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The Nightingale
Capo 1st Fret
(There are two words were I could not put an apostrophe in - (they are I m and we 
ll), so just put it in yourself as I have left the space).

A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)      AAs (x02220@1)I went a walking one morning in May
                                     EI (022100@1)met a young couple who fondly did stray
A (x02220@1)                                   EOne (022100@1)was a young maid so sweet and so fair
 A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier

Chorus 
A (x02220@1)                            D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)            AAnd (x02220@1)they kissed so sweet and comforting as the clung to each other
                                                        EThey (022100@1)went arm and arm along the road like sister and brother
A (x02220@1)                                                      EThey (022100@1)went arm in arm along the road til they came to a stream
A (x02220@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                       E (022100@1)           AAnd (x02220@1)they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)         AWell (x02220@1)out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle
                                                      EAnd (022100@1)he played her such a merry tune that you ever did hear
 A (x02220@1)                                                     EAnd (022100@1)he played her such a merry tune that the valley did ring
 A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                       E (022100@1)          AAnd (x02220@1)they both sat down together love to hear the nightingale sing

Repeat Chorus

A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)        AWell (x02220@1)I m off to India for seven long years
                                                     EDrinking (022100@1)wines and strong whiskeys instead of cool beers
  A (x02220@1)                                           EAnd (022100@1)if ever I return again it will be in the spring
  A (x02220@1)                     D (xx0232@1)                          E (022100@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)we ll both sit down together love to hear the nightingale sing

A (x02220@1)                 D (xx0232@1)         E (022100@1)     AOh (x02220@1)soldier, Oh soldier, will you marry me
                                     EOh (022100@1)no said the soldier that never can be
A (x02220@1)                                    EFor (022100@1)I have a wife at home in my own country
A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)     AAnd (x02220@1)she is the sweetest thing that you ever did see

Repeat Chorus

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