Jimmie Rodgers – Why Theres A Tear In My Eye (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
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Chords
As recorded by Jimmie Rodgers & Sara Carter
(1931 recording on a 1937 single release)
[Intro]
D A D
[Verse 1]
D G I once loved a beautiful maiden D A As fair as the blue skies above D G And each night as we wondered together A D The moon seemed to smile on our love G D We vowed to be true to each other A And nothing could cause us to part D G But we never once dreamed that the future A D Held only a broken heart G Then there came the night when we parted D A We quarrelled as all sweethearts do D G And I learned what it was to be jealous A D When they told me our love was untrue G D She told me she had always been faithful A She swore that her love could not die D G And then when I did not believe her A D She kissed me and told me goodbye
[Chorus]
D A Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee D Yo-de-lay-ee
[Interlude]
G D A D
[Verse 2]
D G I found I had falsely accused her D A And went back to make her my bride D G And there in the door stood her mother A D She told me my sweetheart had died G D I went in and knelt down beside her A And there in the hush of that room D G I prayed that my maker would take me A D And send my soul down to its doom G So now I have told you the reason D A There's always a tear in my eye D G Through long weary years I've repented A D But I'm longing to lay down and die G D And I wonder if I'll be forgiven A When I face the master someday D G And I wonder if I'll see my sweetheart A D On that beautiful shore far away
[Chorus]
D A Oh-de-lay-ee-oh, de-lay-ee D Yo-de-lay-ee
[Outro]
G D A D