Intro listen to the record for timing --------0--0-----0--------0-------0------------------0------- --1--3--------3-----1--3----3--1----3--1--------1--3---3--1-- ------------------------------------------2--0--------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Then strum individual strings on the C chord. C5 A5 C5 Yesterday I thought that I walked alone A5 G5 And that love was just a memory C5 A5 C5 But a nightingale followed me back home F5 G5 C5 And my love was waiting there for me C5 A5 C5 I had lost my faith as lovers often do A5 G5 When the storm clouds gather over head C5 A5 C5 But the nightingale sang a note so true F5 G5 C5 That I knew I'd lost my fear instead C5 A5 C5 And to think that I said love was for fools C5 A5 F5 G5 And that time would never heal these old wounds C5 A5 C5 But the nightingale saved a prayer for me F5 G5 C5 In the twilight he played a faithful tune C5 A5 C5 I have heard the lark over in the vale A5 G5 And I've heard the lonesome whippo-will C5 A5 C5 But the sweetest song is the nightin-gale's F5 G5 C5 And I know I'll never get my fill C5 A5 C5 And to think that I said love was for fools C5 A5 F5 G5 And that time would never heal these old wounds C5 A5 C5 But the nightingale saved a prayer for me F5 G5 C5 In the twilight he played a faithful tune C5 A5 C5 But the nightingale saved a prayer for me F5 G5 C5 D5 G5 C5 In the twilight he played a faithful tune