Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes

Written by A.P. Carter

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

       A                      D
Oh you told me once dear that you loved me
That we never no never could part
                              D
But the link in the chain has been broken
        E                   A
And I’m left with a sad and aching heart

Chorus

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

Verse 2

             A                           D
It wouldn’ve been better for us both had we never
   E                      A
In this wide wicked world ever met
                                 D
For the pleasure we’ve both seen together
  E               A
I am sure we will never forget

Verse 3

Now you may have friends on the ocean
And you may have some over the sea
But you’ll travel this whole wide world over
And you’ll never find a faithful friend like me

Verse 4

Like the birds that go out in the spring time
Just to wander for pleasure alone
While the sun shine is smiling upon them
But someday they return to their home

Verse 5

When the pleasures of life cease to call you
And you’re done with your wine and your song
Then come back to your home in the mountains
To the girl who’s been waiting so long