Nightingale I Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 2nd Fret

[INTRO]
[G] [C] [G] [C]

[VERSE 1]
[G]Jacob’s heart [C]bent with [G]fear [C]
Like a [G]bow with death[C] for its ar[D]row [Am]
In [D]vain he searched [G]for the [C]final [G]truth [Am]
To set his [G]soul free of [D]doubt [G]

[VERSE 2]
Over the moun[C]tains he [G]walked [C]
With his [G]head bent, [C]searching for rea[D]sons [Am] [D]
Then he called [G]out to [C]god for [G]help [C]
And climbed to the [G]top of a [D]hill [Em]

[BRIDGE]
Wind swept the sunlight through the wheat [A]fields [Em]
In the orchard the nightingale [A]sang
While the [C]plums that she broke with her [F]brown beak
To[C]morrow would turn in to [D]songs [G]

[VERSE 3]
Then she flew up [C]through the [G]rain [C]
With the [G]sun silver [C]bright on her fea[D]thers [Am] [D]
Jacob put [G]back his [C]frowns and [G]sighed [C]
And walked [G]back down the [Bm]hill
God doesn’t [C]answer me and [Am]
And he never [G]wil[C]l__[G]___[C]_ [G] [C] [D]