Key: D
Introduction: D G D A D G A D
D G D A
Far away in sunny mountains, where the merry sunbeams play,
D G A D
there I wandered thru the clover, singing to a village maid.
A D A
She was dearer than the dearest, ever loving kind and true,
D G A D
and she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.
D G DA GA D)
D G D A
Fate decreed that we be parted, ere the leaves of autumn fell,
D G A D
then two hearts were separated that had loved each other well.
A D A
She was all I had to cherish, every loving kind and true,
D G A D
now I see in every vision amber tresses tied in blue.
D G DA GA D)
A D A
She was dearer than the dearest, ever loving kind and true,
D G A D
and she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.