The Nightingale chords by
Jo Stafford
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Key: F minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
One morning,
D D 
 
G G 
 
one morning,
one morning in May
Bm Bm 
 
I met a fair couple a -making  their way
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
And one was a lady, a   lady so fair,
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
The other a soldier, a brave    volunteer.
G G 
 
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Good mornin',
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
good mornin', good mornin' to thee
C C 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Oh, where are you goin', my pretty lady?
Em Em 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Em Em 
 
Oh, I        am a -goin'
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
to the banks of the sea
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To see the wa ters a -glidin',
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
hear the nightin  gales sing
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
Good soldier, good soldier,
will you marry me?
C C 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Em Em 
 
Oh no, pretty lady, that never can be.
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
I've a sweet    heart in London,
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
as fair as can be.
G G 
 
Two girls in the army's
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
too many for me.
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
I'll go back to London
D D 
 
G G 
 
and stay there one year
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And often I'll think of you,
my little dear
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
If e  'er I return,
C C 
 
we'll be in the spring
Em Em 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Bm Bm 
 
To  see the wa       ters all glidin'
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Hear the nightin  gale sing

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