Footprints in the Snow

Bill Monroe

Written by Rupert Jones

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                                       C
Now some folks like the summertime when they can walk about
D                                                         G
Strolling through the meadow green it's pleasant there no doubt
G                                   C
But give me the wintertime when the snow is on the ground
D                                    G
For I found her when the snow on the ground

Chorus

G                                     D
I traced her little footprints in the snow
D                                    G
I found her little footprints in the snow
G                                  C
I bless that happy day when Nellie lost her way
D                                        G
For I found her when the snow was on the ground

Verse 2

G                                   C
I dropped in to see her there was a big round moon
D                                                           G
Her mother said she just stepped out but would be returning soon
G                                   C
I found her little footprints and I traced them in the snow
D                                    G
I found her when the snow was on the ground

(Chorus)

Verse 3

G                                     C
Now she's up in heaven she's with the angel band
D                                             G
I know I'm going to meet her in that promised land
G                                C
But every time the snow falls it brings back memories
D                                        G
For I found her when the snow was on the ground