Ben Moss

The Nightingale

Ben Moss

Guitar chords Easy level Easy
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          A                                   Am 
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B|-------2---2----------2---2--------|-------1---1----------1---1--------| 
G|-------2---2----------2---2--------|-------2---2----------2---2--------| 
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 
A|---0--------------0----------------|---0--------------0----------------| 
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(And repeat this picking pattern with a 1-2-3  1-2-3 rhythm throuhout the whole song) 


Intro:
A   A   Am  Am 
Am  Am  Am  Am 
D   D   D   A 
A   D   D   A 
A   Am  Am  Am 
Am  Am 



    A                       Am 
The first time I heard that sweet nightingale's song 
      Am                                   D 
I was making my way through the woods all alone 
        A                                            D 
And her clear crystal voice, well, she made my heart sing 
      A                         Am 
And I swore on that day I would make her my own 



      A                  Am 
The very next morn I set out at first light 
   Am                                       D 
A net in my hand that bright bird fought to snare 
   A                                          D 
I sought her all day till the setting of the sun 
        A                          Am 
Where I caught her at last as she flew through the air 



    A                     Am 
This sweet nightingale I placed in a cage 
    Am                               D 
My pride and my joy there forever to be 
     A                              D 
And every night when I lay down my head 
   A                              Am 
I would sleep to the nightingale singing to me 


Instrumental: 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 



      A                                 Am 
The first night I slept soundly to the nightingale's song 
      Am                                D 
The second I tossed and I turned pitifully 
      A                                       D 
The third I lay sleepless throughout the long night 
         A                      Am 
For the sweet nightingale would not sing for me 



   A                           Am 
I built her a cage wrought of silver and gold 
    Am                      D 
As high and as wide as the finest you'll see 
     A                                         D 
Yet still I lay sleepless throughout the long night 
         A                      Am 
For the sweet nightingale would not sing for me 



   A                      Am 
I set her about with the silks of the best 
      Am                                 D 
With ribbons around her of such high degree 
      A                          D 
Yet still I lay sleepless throughout the long night 
         A                      Am 
For the sweet nightingale would not sing for me 



   A                        Am 
I lay her cage down by the window so wide 
          Am                                  D 
That the moon and the stars might her company be 
      A                                       D 
Yet still I lay sleepless throughout the long night 
         A                      Am 
For the sweet nightingale would not sing for me 



         A                     Am 
Well to see her sit silent it fair broke my heart 
        Am                                 D 
As she gazed from my window by day and by night 
   A                                D 
I opened the cage and I let her fly free 
        A                                 Am 
And her song pierced the stillness as she once more took flight 


Instrumental: 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 
A   A   D   A 



     A                          Am 
Now beauty will pale when it's placed in a cage 
        Am                                       D 
Yet it shines bright and fair when we let it fly free 
       A                                   D 
Still sometimes she comes to my window at night 
       A                        Am 
And I sleep to the nightingale singing to me 


Outro: 
A   A   Am  Am 
Am  Am  D   D 
A   A   A   D 
D   D   D   A 
A   Am  Am
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