The Carter Family – Sweet Fern (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
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Chords
[Intro]
G D7 G
[Verse 1]
G Springtime is coming sweet lonesome bird D7 G Your echo in the woodland I hear G Down in the meadow so lonesome your singing D7 G While the moonlight is shining so clear
[Chorus]
C G But I know he’s away in a far distant land D7 G A land that is over the sea G Go fly to him singing your sweet little song D7 G And tell him to come back to me
[Verse 2]
G Sweet fern, sweet fern D7 G Oh tell me, is my darling still true G Sweet fern, sweet fern D7 G I’ll be just as happy as you
[Instrumental]
C G D7 G
[Verse 3]
G Oh tell me sweet fern, is he thinking of me D7 G And the promise he made long ago G He said he’d return from over the sea D7 G Oh why do the years go so slow
[Chorus]
C G But I know he’s away in a far distant land D7 G A land that is over the sea G Go fly to him singing your sweet little song D7 G And tell him to come back to me
[Instrumental]
G D7 G G D7 G
C G D7 G
[Verse 4]
G Upon my finger he placed a small ring D7 G On the day he was leaving his home G I promised I’d be his own little girl D7 G And love him wherever he’d roam
[Chorus]
C G But I know he’s away in a far distant land D7 G A land that is over the sea G Go fly to him singing your sweet little song D7 G And tell him to come back to me
[Outro]
G Sweet fern, sweet fern D7 G Oh tell me, is my darling still true G Sweet fern, sweet fern D7 G I’ll be just as happy as you
C G D7 G