Misc Traditional – Shady Grove (Ukulele)

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[Intro] G C C G Am Am G C C G Am [Verse 1]
Em              G        Am
Peaches in the summertime,

 G        C
Apples in the fall,

C             G               Am
If I can't get the girl I love,

Am       E7      Am
I won't have none at all.
[Chorus]
Am           G
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    G       C
Shady grove, I know,

C            G           Am
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    E7              Am
I'm bound for the shady grove.
[Verse 2]
Am           G          Am       G      C
Once I was a little boy, playin' in the sand,

C            G          Am         E7      C
Now I am a great big boy, I think myself a man,
[Chorus]
Am           G
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    G       C
Shady grove, I know,

C            G           Am
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    E7              Am
I'm bound for the shady grove.
[Verse 3]
Am           G          Am         G        C
When I was a little boy, I wanted a whittlin' knife;

C             G         Am       E7     C
Now I am a great big boy and I want a little wife.
[Chorus]
Am           G
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    G       C
Shady grove, I know,

C            G           Am
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    E7              Am
I'm bound for the shady grove.
[Verse 4]
Am           G            Am       E7      C
Wish I had a banjo string, made of golden twine,

C            G               Am      E7              C
And every tune I'd pick on it is "I wish that girl were mine."
[Chorus]
Am           G
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    G       C
Shady grove, I know,

C            G           Am
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    E7              Am
I'm bound for the shady grove.
[Verse 5]
Am
Some come here to fiddle and dance, some come here to tarry,
Some come here to fiddle and dance, I come here to marry. [Chorus]
Am           G
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    G       C
Shady grove, I know,

C            G           Am
Shady grove, my true love,

Am    E7              Am
I'm bound for the shady grove.
[Verse 6] Every night when I go home, my wife, I try to please her, The more I try, the worse she gets, damned if I don't leave her. [Chorus 2] Shady grove, my little love, shady grove, my darlin', Shady grove, my little love, I'm going back to Harlan. [Verse 7] Fly around, my blue-eyed girl, Fly around, my daisy, Fly around, my blue-eyed girl, Nearly drive me crazy. [Chorus 2] [Verse 8] The very next time I go that road and it don't look so dark and grazy, The very next time I come that road I'll stop and see my daisy. [Chorus 2]