The Folk Singer:Tommy Roe.
#4 UK, #34 Canada and #84 on BB Hot 100
on ABC Records in 1963.

INTRO: G

#1.
   G                Am           Bm   Am
He used to sing his songs to his Sara Jane..
    D    G
the folk singer.
G                     Am            Bm        Am
His songs filled with love made the mountains ring..
    D    G
the folk singer.
   C                      Bm                Am
At first Sara Jane was to be his bride..but as his
                  G
fame grew she was pushed aside.
G                Am         Bm       Am          D
So, the mountain girl would say good-bye..to the folk
G
singer.

#2.
   G                 Am          Bm         Am
He let his hair grow long and he dressed in style..the
D    G
folk singer.
G             Am           Bm        Am            D
His voice was pure and his fans went wild..for the folk
G
singer.
   Am                  Bm                     Am
He said, Sara Jane was much too plain..so, he left her alone
   G
as gained more fame.
    Am                      Bm       Am           D    G
But sorrow will come like a mountain rain..to the folk singer.

#3.
G#          A#m    Cm             A#m       D#   G#
Lavished in glory, fortune at his feet..the folk singer..
          A#m            Cm       A#m        D#   G#
awoke one morning and he couldn't speak..the folk singer.
    C#                      Cm                 A#m
The doctor said his singing days were through..thousands wept,
     G#
Sara Jane did, too.
             A#m           Cm           A#m      D#   G#
He could not sing, now his friends were few..the folk singer.

#4.
G#      A#m          Cm         A#m       D#   G#
Sick at heart in the mountains again..the folk singer.
          A#m         Cm      A#m           D#   G#
Now, Sara Jane didn't look so plain..to the folk singer.
        C#                Cm                       A#m
Oh, the power of love can do strange things, cause love has made
    G#                      A#m           Cm   A#m       D#   G#
him sing again..only now he sings for his Sara Jane..the folk singer.
          A#m      Cm        A#m          D#   G#
And once again the mountains ring..to the folk singer.

OUTRO:
    D#   G#          D#   G#
The folk singer..the folk singer..(Fade.)



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