Jimmie Rodgers – Prairie Lullaby (Guitar)

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Chords

(3/4) [Intro] | C | G7 | C | C | [Verse 1]
Am      Dm     Am
Shadows slowly creeping

         Dm        Am
Down the prairie's trail

     Dm       Am/E
Everything is sleeping

C            Ab7    G
All, but the nightingale
[Verse 2]
Am        Dm      Am/E
Moon will soon be climbing

Am     Dm     Am
In the purple sky

            Dm  Am/E
Night winds are a-humming

Am          E7   Am   G7
This tender lullaby
[Chorus 1]
             C                        Dm
Cares of the day have fled, my little sleepyhead

    C         G      C    G7
The stars are in the sky

               C                            Dm
Time that your prayers were said, my little sleepyhead

   C         G7   C
To a prairie lullaby
[Chorus 2]
G7                       C
Saddle up your pony, the sandman's here

   D7                          G7
To guide you down the trail of dreams

          C                       Dm
Tumble in bed my tired little ol' sleepyhead

     C       G7   C
To a prairie lullaby
[Break] | F | F | C | C |
| C | G7 | C | C |
(yodel)
[Chorus 1]
                                          Dm
Cares of the day have fled, my little ol' sleepyhead

    C         G      C    G7
The stars are in the sky

               C                                Dm
Time that your prayers were said, my little ol' sleepyhead

   C         G7   C
To a prairie lullaby
[Chorus 2]
G7                       C
Saddle up your pony, the sandman's here

   D7                          G7
To guide you down the trail of dreams

          C                       Dm
Tumble in bed my tired little ol' sleepyhead

     C       G7   C
To a prairie lullaby
[Outro] | F | F | C | C |
| G7 | G7 | C | C |
(yodel)