The First Whippoorwill chords by
Bill Monroe

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Key: Ab major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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Springtime is near,
my darling
You say, that you are going away
My heart will be with you my darling
D D 
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G G 
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And I'm counting now the days

Verse 2
C C 
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G G 
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I know that soon I'll have to travel
I know I'm over the hill
C C 
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G G 
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I feel so all alone, my darling said,
she'd be gone
D D 
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When I heard that first whippoor

Interlude 1

will

Verse 3
G G 
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The flowers are blooming, little darling
With the budding of the trees
I hear the night birds a crying
D D 
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G G 
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I know that they are warning me
C C 
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I know that

Verse 4
G G 
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soon I'll have to travel
I know I'm over the hill
C C 
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G G 
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I feel so all alone, my darling said,
she'd be gone
D D 
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When I heard that first whippoor
G G 
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will

Interlude 2

Verse 5

Our love was planted, little darling

Just like the farmer plants his grain

But there will never be a harvest

On the hills the whippoorwill now sing

Verse 6
C C 
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G G 
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I know that soon I'll have to travel
I know I'm over the hill
C C 
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G G 
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I feel so all alone, my darling said,
she'd be gone
D D 
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When I heard that first whippoorwill
G G 
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