Blue Valley Songbird chords by Dolly Parton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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She was born in
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a place called Blue Valley
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At the foot of the Tennessee hills
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With the blue birds and blue bells
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And blue mountain water
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And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill
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But there was no peace in the valley
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Her daddy, a cruel, ruthless man
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Used and abused her mind and her body
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So her mama said run while you can
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So at fifteen she took to the highway
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Belongings and guitar in hand
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And she buried herself in her music
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The one thing she did understand
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Verse 2

And she sings like a bird and

She writes like a poet

Her voice has that high, lonesome sound

She hurts

And her songs are the best way to show it

So the Blue Valley songbird

Keeps traveling around

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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She hopes someday she will make it
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And everyone says that she will
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When she comes to town,
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crowds flock around
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To see the girl from the Tennessee hills
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She writes her letter back home to her mama
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In care of the preacher in town
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They're sacred to her so she
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Reads them at church
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And so her daddy cannot track her down

Verse 4
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And she sings like a bird and
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She cries like a baby
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Whenever she turns off the lights
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She's a whole lot lonesome and
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A little bit crazy
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From memories and miseries and
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Dreams gone awry
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Verse 5
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Blue dress, blue shoes, a blue Cadillac
A band dressed in blue
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by her side
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Instruments tied to the top
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and the back
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Because the Blue Valley songbird
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Is singing tonight

Verse 6
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One nighter's, honky
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tonk's, years flying by
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She never made it,
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but Lord knows she tries
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Expressing the feelings she holds inside
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And the Blue Valley songbird
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Is singing tonight
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Oh the Blue Valley songbird
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Is singing tonight