Strange Lullabye chords by Pete Seeger

SimplifiedG · Gm · C · F · Bb

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Verse 1
G 
How I prayed you'd be born
Gm 
in a time that was calm
G 
To the trill of the birds,
not the roar of the bomb
Though the world is a tremble
Gm 
with sickness and fear,
G 
Close your eyes, rest a while,
I'll be near.
Close your eyes, rest a while,
Gm 
I'll be near.
G 
There is rage all around,
spinning out of control,
What a sad way to greet
any innocent soul,
When a rattle of guns
is the first sound you hear.
C 
Close your eyes, rest a while,
F 
G 
C 
I'll be near.
G 
I've been waiting so long
for your moment of birth,
while the anthems of war
ring
all over the earth,
and the Thundering sky sings
a strange lullaby.
Bb 
Close your eyes, rest a while, I'll be near.
G 
Close your eyes, rest a while,
I'll be near.
How I prayed you'd be born
in a time that was calm,
To the trill of the birds,
not the roar of the bomb,
Though the world is a tremble
with sickness and fear.
C 
Gm 
G 
G 
Close your eyes, rest a while,
Gm 
G 
Gm 
Bb 
I'll be near.
Gm 
G 
Close your eyes, rest a while,
G 
I'll be near.
F 
G 
Close your eyes, rest a while, I'll be near.