{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1836204,"song":"Anna Lee","artist":"Levon Helm","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11406012-anna-lee-chords-by-levon-helm/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1836204?type=chord","rating":4.87796,"votes":21,"content":"3/4 Tempo\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nListen now children a story I'll tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf a woman they called Anna Lee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe had a fine son and she raised him up well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a daughter as lovely as she[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the sparrow returns to her nest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold your sweet weary head to my breast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the cool evening shadows grow long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAngels and nightingales gather at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust to hear mother Anna Lee's song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the sparrow returns to her nest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold your sweet weary head to my breast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI heard it one morning she rode into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo tend to her dear sister there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe kissed her two babies on cheek and on brow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd left them with nary a care[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe wind it did rise and the rain it did fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe river, a shadowy wave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnna Lee never heard danger's dark call[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd was swept to her watery grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the sparrow returns to her nest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHold your sweet weary head to my breast[/tab]","plain_text":"3/4 Tempo\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}