The Ash Grove chords

The [C]ash grove how [Am]graceful, how [Dm]plainly 'tis [G7]speaking
The [C]harp through its [F]playing has [G7]language for [C]me.
When-[C]ever the [Am]light through its [Dm]branches is [G7]breaking,
A [C]host of kind [F]faces is [G]gazing on [C]me.
The [C]friends from my [Dm]childhood [G]again are be[C]fore me
Each [Am]step wakes a m[Dm]emory as f[G]reely[D7] I r[G]oam.
With [C]soft whispers [Am]laden the [Dm]leaves rustle [G7]o'er me
The [C]ash grove, the [F]ash grove [G7]alone is my [C]home.

Down [C]yonder green [Am]valley where s[Dm]treamlets mea[G7]nder
When [C]twilight is [F]fading I [G7]pensively [C]rove
Or [C]at the bright [Am]noon tide in [Dm]solitude [G7]wander
Am[C]id the dark s[F]hades of the l[G]onely ash [C]grove.
'Twas [C]there while the [Dm]black bird was [G]cheerfully [C]singing
I [Am]first met that [Dm]dear one the [G]joy of [D7]my h[G]eart
A[C]round us for g[Am]ladness the [Dm]blue bells were [G7]ringing
But [C]then little [F]thought I how [G7]soon we should [C]part.

My [C]lips smile[Am] no more, my h[Dm]eart loses l[G7]ightness;
No d[C]ream of the [F]future my [G7]spirit can [C]cheer.
I [C]only can [Am]brood on the [Dm]past and its [G7]brightness
The [C]dear ones I [F]long for a[G]gain gather [C]here.
From e[C]v'ry dark [Dm]nook they press [G]forward to [C]meet me;
I [Am]lift up my [Dm]eyes to the [G]broad l[D7]eafy [G]dome,
And [C]others are [Am]there, looking [Dm]downward to [G7]greet me
The [C]ash grove, the [F]ash grove, [G7]again is my [C]home.