Birds Were Singing Of You, The

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

     G                   C
Last night the pale moon was shining
     G                  D7
Last night when all was still
  G              C
I wandered alone in sadness
    G     D7  G
Out among the woodland hills

Verse 2

  G               C
I heard the birds a-singing
    G               D7
Out among the trees and views
    G           C
And every bird, my darling
    G        D7          G
Was singing, was singing of you

Chorus

    C                   G
Was singing, singing of you, my love
    G        D7          G
Was singing, was singing of you
    G           C
And every bird, my darling
    G        D7          G
Was singing, was singing of you

Verse 3

  G               C
I think of you in the daytime
  G            D7
I dream of you at night
  G                 C
I wake and wish you were here, love,
    G     D7  G
And tears are blinding my sight

Verse 4

    G                    C
The flowers that slumber so sweetly
    G           D7
The stars above the blue
   G              C
Oh heaven itself, my darling
   G         D7 G
Is thinking, is thinking of you

Verse 5

  G              C
I open my window so gently
    G           D7
And look on the dreamy view
    G                C
The world itself, my darling
   G        D7         G
Is sighing, is sighing for you