Judy Collins – Come Away Melinda (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] Am G F E7 [Verse 1]
Am      G               F
Mommy,  Mommy, come and look

                G
See what I have found

  Am           G
A little ways away from here

F     Am             E7
While digging in the ground
[Chorus]
C     G
Come away Melinda

Em          Bm
Come in and close the door

     C        G              Bm
It's nothing, just a picture book

                    Em
They had before the war
[Verse 2]
Am      G               F
Mommy,  Mommy, come and see

        G
Mommy,  come and look

Am                        G
Why, there's four or five little Melinda girls

F         Am      E7
Inside my picture book
[Chorus]
C     G
Come away Melinda,

Em          Bm
Come in and close the door

C                  G                 Bm
There were lots of little girls like you

                    Em  Fm
Before they had the war
[Verse 3]
A#m       G#              F#
Oh Mommy, Mommy, come and see

      G#
Mommy hurry do

A#m          G#
Why, there's someone in a pretty dress

F#                      A#m
She's all grown up like you

          Bm7
Won't you tell me why?
[Chorus]
C#    G#
Come away Melinda

Fm          Cm
Come in and close the door

C#       G#          Cm
That someone is your mommy

    Am7            F
You had before the war
[Verse 3]
Am     G
Mommy, Mommy

F       G
Tell me if you can

Am               G               F
Why can't things be the way they were

Am               E7
Before the war began?
[Chorus]
C     G
Come away Melinda

Em          Bm
Come in and close the door

    C              G
The answer lies in yesterday

Bm                  Em
Before they had the war