Amber Tresses

Doyle Lawson

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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Far away in some deep valley where the merry sunbeams play
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There I wandered through the clover singing to a village maid

Verse 2

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She was dearer than the dearest ever loving kind and true
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And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue

Verse 3

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Fate decreed that we be parted when the leaves of autumn fell
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Then two hearts were separated that had loved each other well

Verse 2

G7                      C       G7                   C
She was dearer than the dearest ever loving kind and true
                         F      G7                    C
And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue

Verse 4

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She was all I had to cherish ever loving kind and true
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Now I see in every vision amber tresses tied in blue

Verse 2

G7                      C       G7                   C
She was dearer than the dearest ever loving kind and true
                         F      G7                    C
And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue

Verse 5

                         F      G7                    C
And she wore beneath her bonnet amber tresses tied in blue