Shady Grove


Writer:Traditional
Key:Dm

Dm           C
Shady grove, my true love
Dm              Dm
Shady grove, my darlin'
F            C
Shady grove, my little love
Dm        C       Dm
I'm going back to Harlan


Dm             C
Peaches in the summertime
Dm            Dm
Apples in the fall
   F                C
If I can't have the girl I love
     Dm      C      Dm
I'll have no one at all


  Dm           C
I wish I had a banjo string
Dm             Dm
Made of golden twine
F              C
Every tune I'd play on it
     Dm        C         Dm
Is I wish that girl were mine


Dm                C
Some come here to fiddle and dance
Dm                Dm
Some come here to tarry
F                 C
Some come here to fiddle and dance
Dm     C       Dm
I come here to marry


  Dm           C
I wish I had a needle and thread
Dm              Dm
Fine as I could sew
    F                C
I'd sew my true love to my side
    Dm       C        Dm
And down the road I'd go


  Dm           C
I wish I was a sweet apple
Dm             Dm
Hanging from a tree
    F             C
And every time my love passed by
      Dm     C       Dm
She'd take a bite of me


  Dm           C
I wish I had a big gray horse
    Dm               Dm
And corn to feed him on
  F            C
I wish I had a pretty little girl
   Dm       C        Dm
To feed him when I'm gone


  Dm             C
I went to see my Shady Grove
        Dm              Dm
She was standing in the door
F                   C
Shoes and stockings in her hand
Dm          C           Dm
Little bare feet on the floor


Dm           C
When I was a little boy
  Dm              Dm
I wanted a barlow knife
F                 C
Now I want little Shady Grove
   Dm         C     Dm
To say she'll be my wife


  Dm               C
A kiss from little Shady Grove
   Dm              Dm
Is sweet as brandy wine
      F                C
There ain't no girl in this old world
       Dm     C       Dm
That's pretti-er than mine

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