I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

             A                      D
‘Twould been better for us both had we never
        E                         A
In this wide and wicked world had never met,
                                D
But the pleasure we both seemed to gather
    E                A
I’m sure, love, I’ll never forget

Chorus

        A                   D
Oh, I’m thinking tonight of my blue eyes
       E                A
Who is sailing far over the sea
I’m thinking tonight of my blue eyes
      E                        A
And I wonder if he ever thinks of me

Verse 2

        A                        D
Oh, you told me once, dear, that you loved me;
    E                   A
You vowed that we never would part
                                 D
But a link in the chain has been broken
        E                 A
Leaving me with a sad and aching heart

Verse 3

         A                D
When the cold, cold grave shall enclose me
         E                           A
Will you come near and shed just one tear?
                    D
Will you say to the strangers around you
       E                     A
A poor heart you have broken lies here?