Amber tresses tied in blue
D - G - D -
A - D - G - A - D
D G D A
1. Far away in sunny mountains, where the merry sunbeams play,
D G A D
there I wandered thru the
clover, singing to a village maid.
A D A
She was dearer than the dearest, ever
loving kind and true,
D G A D
and she wore beneath her
bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.
+ D - G - D
- A - D - G - A - D
D G D A
2. Fate decreed that we be parted, ere the leaves of autumn fell,
D
G A D
then two hearts were
separated that had loved each other well.
A
D A
She was all I had to cherish,
every loving kind and true,
D G A
D
now I see in
every vision amber tresses tied in blue.
3. D - G - D - A - D - G - A - D
A D A
She was dearer than the
dearest, ever loving kind and true,
D
G A D
and she wore beneath her
bonnet amber tresses tied in blue.
Recorded 2/23/32
(capo 3rd) (The Carter Family)