{"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":1763513,"song":"Blue Valley Songbird","artist":"Dolly Parton","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1763513-blue-valley-songbird-chords-by-dolly-parton/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1763513?type=chord","rating":4.90021,"votes":6,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe was born in a place called Blue Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the foot of the Tennessee hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the blue birds and blue bells and blue mountain water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut there was no peace in the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer daddy a cruel ruthless man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUsed and abused her mind and her body[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo her mama said run while you can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo at fifteen she took to the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBelongings and guitar in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she buried herself in her mu-sic[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe one thing she did understand[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHer voice has that high lonesome sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe hurts and her songs are the best way to show it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe hopes someday she will make it[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone says that she will[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen she comes to town crowds flock around[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo see the girl from the Tennessee hills[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe writes letters back home to her momma[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn care of the preacher in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey're sacred to her so she reads them at church[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so her daddy cannot track her down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhenever she turns off the lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom memories and miseries and dreams gone awry[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlue dress blue shoes a blue Cadillac[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA band dressed in blue by her side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInstruments tied to the top and the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne nighters honky tonks years flying by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's never made it but Lord knows she tries[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nExpressing the feelings she holds inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","D7","C","A7","Em","B7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}