The Hunger Games The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - Bury Me Beneath The Willow
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Bury Me Beneath The Willow
from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Trad. and Molly Tuttle 2023 no capo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqQ8yVnIqE
[Intro]
C C F F
C C G G
C C F F
C G7 C C
[Verse 1]
C C7 F
My heart is sad and I am lonely
C G G7
For the only one I love
C C7 F
When shall I see him? Oh, no never
C G7 C
'Til we meet in Heaven above
[Chorus]
C F
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
C G G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
C F
So he will know where I am sleepin'
C G C
And perhaps, he'll weep for me
[Instrumental]
C C F F
C C G G
C C F F
C G7 C C
[Verse 2]
C C7 F
He told me that he dearly loved me
C G G7
How could I believe it untrue?
C C7 F
Until the angel softly whispered
C G7 C
"He will prove untrue to you"
[Chorus]
C F
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
C G G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
C F
So he will know where I am sleepin'
C G C
And perhaps, he'll weep for me
[Instrumental]
C C F F
C C G G
C C F F
C G7 C C
[Verse 3]
C C7 F
Tomorrow was our wedding day
C G G7
Oh God, oh God, where can he be?
C C7 F
He's out a-courting with another
C G7 C
And no longer cares for me
[Chorus]
C F
Oh, bury me beneath the willow
C G G7
Under the weepin' willow tree
C F
So he will know where I am sleepin'
C G C
And perhaps, he'll weep for me
[Outro]
C C F F
C C G G
C C F F
C G7 C C
It is also known as "Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow", "The Weeping Willow", "The
Willow Tree"and
"Under the Willow Tree“. Its author is unknown.
Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford (1927); the Carter Family (1927);The Delmore
Brothers (1938);
The Shelton Brothers and Curly Fox (1936); Ricky Skaggs and Tony Rice (1980), Dolly
Parton,
The Carter Family, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt
How to play The Hunger Games The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes - Bury Me Beneath The Willow
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