The Folk Singer

	  		The Folk Singer:Tommy Roe. 
#4 UK, #34 Canada and #84 on BB Hot 100 
on ABC Records in 1963. 

Intro: G 

#1. 
   G                Am           Bm   Am 
He used to sing his songs to his Sara Jane.. 
    D    G 
the folk singer. 
G                     Am            Bm        Am 
His songs filled with love made the mountains ring.. 
    D    G 
the folk singer. 
   C                      Bm                Am 
At first Sara Jane was to be his bride..but as his 
                  G 
fame grew she was pushed aside. 
G                Am         Bm       Am          D 
So, the mountain girl would say good-bye..to the folk 
G 
singer. 

#2. 
   G                 Am          Bm         Am 
He let his hair grow long and he dressed in style..the 
D    G 
folk singer. 
G             Am           Bm        Am            D 
His voice was pure and his fans went wild..for the folk 
G 
singer. 
   Am                  Bm                     Am 
He said, Sara Jane was much too plain..so, he left her alone 
   G 
as gained more fame. 
    Am                      Bm       Am           D    G 
But sorrow will come like a mountain rain..to the folk singer. 

#3. 
G#          A#m    Cm             A#m       D#   G# 
Lavished in glory, fortune at his feet..the folk singer.. 
          A#m            Cm       A#m        D#   G# 
awoke one morning and he couldn't speak..the folk singer. 
    C#                      Cm                 A#m 
The doctor said his singing days were through..thousands wept, 
     G# 
Sara Jane did, too. 
             A#m           Cm           A#m      D#   G# 
He could not sing, now his friends were few..the folk singer. 

#4. 
G#      A#m          Cm         A#m       D#   G# 
Sick at heart in the mountains again..the folk singer. 
          A#m         Cm      A#m           D#   G# 
Now, Sara Jane didn't look so plain..to the folk singer. 
        C#                Cm                       A#m 
Oh, the power of love can do strange things, cause love has made 
    G#                      A#m           Cm   A#m       D#   G# 
him sing again..only now he sings for his Sara Jane..the folk singer. 
          A#m      Cm        A#m          D#   G# 
And once again the mountains ring..to the folk singer. 

OUTRO: 
    D#   G#          D#   G# 
The folk singer..the folk singer..(Fade.) 



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.