#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight chords Beers / Hewitt Capo I A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight," E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Aexcept (x02220@1)here and there a stray picket, E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) is shot as he walks on his beat to and fro, E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E7 (020130@1)Eby (022100@1)a rifleman hid in the thicket E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E'Tis (022100@1)nothing a private or two now and then, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Ewill (022100@1)not count in the news of the battle D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DNot (xx0232@1)an officer lost, only one of the men, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Amoaning (x02220@1)out all alone the death rattle. F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) "All quiet along the Potomac tonight," E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Awhere (x02220@1)the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming E (022100@1) AAnd (x02220@1)their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon, E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E7 (020130@1)Eand (022100@1)the light of the camp fires are gleaming E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EThere's (022100@1)only the sound of the lone sentry's tread, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) Eas (022100@1)he tramps from the rock to the fountain D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)thinks of the two on the low trundle bed, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)Afar (x02220@1)away in the cot on the mountain. F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) His musket falls slack his face, dark and grim, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Agrows (x02220@1)gentle with memories tender E (022100@1) AAs (x02220@1)he mutters a pray'r for the children asleep, E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E7 (020130@1) Eand (022100@1)their mother, "May heaven defend her!" E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)moon seems to shine as brightly as then, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Ethat (022100@1)night, when the love yet unspoken. D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DLeap'd (xx0232@1)up to his lips, and when low murmur'd vows, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) E7A were pledg'd, to be ever un broken. F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) Then drawing his sleeve roughly o'er his eyes, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Ahe (x02220@1)dashes off the tears that are welling E (022100@1) AAnd (x02220@1)gathers his gun close up to his breast, E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E7 (020130@1) Eas (022100@1)if to keep down the heart's swelling E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) EHe (022100@1)passes the fountain, the blasted pine tree, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Eand (022100@1)his footstep is lagging and weary D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DYet (xx0232@1)onward he goes, thro' the broad belt of light, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Atoward (x02220@1)the shades of the forest so dreary. F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) Hark! was it the night-wind that rustles the leaves, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Awas (x02220@1)it the moonlight so wond'rously flashing? E (022100@1) AIt (x02220@1)look'd like a rifle! "Ha, Mary, good-bye!", E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1)and his life-blood is ebbing and plashing. E7 (020130@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) E"All (022100@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight," D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)Eno (022100@1)sound save the rush of the river D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) DWhile (xx0232@1)soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) E7A the picket's off duty forev er. F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" F#m (244222@1) EE7 E (022100@1)A"All (x02220@1)quiet along the Potomac tonight!" Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/