Sweet Afton chords by 
Nickel Creek 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
E
E
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
E
E
Verse 1
E
B
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
A
E
a mong thy green braes
C#m
B
A
E
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise
B
A
E
My Mary's a sleep by thy murmuring stream
C#m
B
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
A
E
dis turb not her dream
Interlude 1
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
E
E
Verse 2
E
B
Thou stock-dove whose echo
A
E
re sounds through the glen
C#m
B
Oh, ye wild whistling blackbirds
A
E
in yon thorny den
B
Thou green-crested lapwing,
A
E
thy screaming fore bear
C#m
B
Oh, I change you dis turb
A
E
not my slumbering fair
Bridge 1
C#m
B
Oh, how lofty, sweet Afton,
A
E
thy neighbouring hills
F#m
Far marked with the courses
A
B
of clear winding rills
G#m
A
There daily I wander
G#
C#m
B
as noon rises high
A
E
F#m
Oh, my flocks and my Mary's
A
B
sweet cot in my eye
Interlude 2
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
B
E
E
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
B
E
E
Verse 3
E
B
How pleasant thy banks
A
E
and green valleys be low
C#m
B
Where wild in the woodlands
A
B
E
the primroses blow
E
B
There oft as mild evening
A
E
sweeps over the lea
C#m
B
The sweet scented birch shades
A
E
my Mary and me
Bridge 2
C#m
B
Oh, thy crystal stream, Afton,
A
E
how lovely it glides
F#m
And winds by her cot
A
B
where my Mary re sides
G#m
A
How wanton thy waters
G#
C#m
E
her snowy feet lave
F#m
As gathering sweet flowerets
A
B
she stems thy clear wave
Interlude 3
E
B
A
E
E
C#m
B
A
E
E
Verse 4
E
B
Flow gently, sweet Afton,
A
E
a mong thy green braes
C#m
Flow gently,
B
A
E
sweet river, the theme of my lays
B
A
E
My Mary's a sleep by thy murmuring stream
C#m
B
So flow gently, sweet Afton,
A
B
dis turb not her
Outro 1
E
B
A
E
E
(dream)
C#m
B
A
B
E
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A C#m F#m...
E
B
A
C#m
F#m
G#m
G#
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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