Amber Tresses Tied in Blue

The Carter Family

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of D · Chords: I IV V

Intro

D G D A D G A D

Verse 1

D                            G         D                   A
Far away in sunny mountains, where the merry sunbeams play,
D                         G               A                 D
there I wandered thru the clover, singing to a village maid.
A                                D                         A
She was dearer than the dearest, ever loving kind and true,
D                               G     A                    D
and she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.

Instrumental

D G D A D G A D

Verse 2

D                               G   D                         A
Fate decreed that we be parted, ere the leaves of autumn fell,
D                              G    A                         D
then two hearts were separated that had loved each other well.
A                    D                                   A
She was all I had to cherish, every loving kind and true,
D                  G      A                          D
now I see in every vision amber tresses tied in blue.

Instrumental

D G D A D G A D

Verse 3

A                                D                         A
She was dearer than the dearest, ever loving kind and true,
D                               G     A                    D
and she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.