In The Valley Of The Shenandoah

Key of F · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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As we sit alone tonight
   F
In the stillness of the night
                C              F
I picture happy scenes of long ago
   F
Of a maiden fair and bright
    F
Who is sleeping there tonight
                     C          F
In the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

Verse 2

       C
It was in the month of June
         F
When the roses were in bloom
       Bb          F           C
When I held her in my arms and softly said
        F
Darling in the coming spring
     F
I’ll be coming back again
                     C          F
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

Verse 3

     F
When I left her all alone
   F
In our Shenandoah home
                      C             F
She promised she’d be waiting there for me
    F
But the angels came along
    F
And took her from our home
                       C          F
From the valley of the Shenandoah ridge

Verse 4

     F
When the evening shadows fall
   F
In memory I recall
              C          F
A pledge when giving her a ring
        F
Darling in the coming spring
     F
I’ll be coming back again
                     C          F
To the valley of the Shenandoah ridge