The Carter Family – Gathering Flowers From The Hillside (Guitar)

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Track 11 of 12 on the album "Keep on the Sunny Side" (1964) [Intro] G D7 G [Chorus]
          G
I've been gathering flowers from the hillside

                      D7
To wreath around your brow

           G
But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear

                 D7           G
The flowers have all withered now
[Verse 1]
       G
It was on one bright June morning

                  D7
The roses were in bloom

  G
I shot and killed my darling

              D7    G     G7
And what will be my doom?
[Chorus]
          C
I've been gathering flowers from the hillside

                      G7
To wreath around your brow

           C
But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear

                 G7           C
The flowers have all withered now
[Interlude] C G7 C G7 C [Verse 2]
  C
I know that you have seen trouble

                         G7
But never hang down your head

     C
Your love for me is like the flowers

              G7    C
Your love for me is dead
[Chorus]
          C
I've been gathering flowers from the hillside

                      G7
To wreath around your brow

           C
But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear

                 G7           C   C7
The flowers have all withered now
[Verse 3]
       F
Closed eyes cannot see these roses

                                 C7
Closed hands cannot hold them, I know

       F
Closed lips cannot kiss, my darling

                 C7        F
You're gone from me forevermore
[Chorus]
          F
I've been gathering flowers from the hillside

                      C7
To wreath around your brow

           F
But you've kept me a-waiting so long, dear

                 C7           F
The flowers have all withered now
[Outro] F C7 F