Key: D
Introduction:
Eb
4/4 Timing (with a bass-strum-bass-strum pattern)
D G
Tonight I'm sad my heart is lonely
D A
For the only one I love
D G
When will I see him, oh no never
D A7 D
Till we meet in heaven above
D G
So bury me beneath the willow
D A/ A7/
Under the weeping willow tree
D G
So she will know where I am sleeping
D A D
And perhaps she?ll weep for me
D G
She told me that she dearly loved me
D A
How could I believe it untrue
D G
Until the angels softly whispered
D A7 D
She will prove untrue to you
D G
So bury me beneath the willow
D A/ A7/
Under the weeping willow tree
D G
So she will know where I am sleeping
D A D
And perhaps she?ll weep for me
D G
Tomorrow was our wedding day
D A
Oh god, oh god, where can he be
D G
He?s out a-courting with another
D A7 D
And no longer cares for me
D G
So bury me beneath the willow
D A/ A7/
Under the weeping willow tree
D G
So she will know where I am sleeping
D A D
And perhaps she?ll weep for me
D G
So bury me beneath the willow
D A/ A7/
Under the weeping willow tree
D G
So she will know where I am sleeping
D A D
And perhaps she?ll weep for me
D G A A7
e --2-- e ---3- e 0---- e 0-(3)
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