The Deepening Snow chords by Burl Ives

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
It's snowing out there
in the gloaming,
G 
I've sat here and watched it all night.
A 
The kids will be thrilled when they waken
D 
And look at the fields, deep and white
But the snow makes me
think of my darlin'
G 
For she hated the snow and the cold
A 
Now she lies in a grave back in Knoxville
With a headstone that's
D 
just a year old
Won't you please make the
winter go quick, Lord
G 
So the flowers around her can grow
A 
For I can't stand the
thought of my darling
D 
Lying there in the deepening snow
Little Nancy climbs up on my knee now
G 
Saying, Daddy, just what causes snow?
A 
And I tell of the wonderful Father
D 
Who cares for us all here below
Bm 
D 
Then I hold her so close and I kiss her
G 
And she, kissing back, doesn't know
A 
That my kiss is meant for her mother,
D 
Lying there in the deepening snow.
Won't you please make
the winter go quick, Lord,
G 
So the flowers around her can grow
A 
For I can't stand the
thought of my darlin'
Lying there in the deepening snow
D 