Nightingale — Carole King
Chords and lyrics for Nightingale by Carole King (key of G).
Verse 1
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G6: 3x243x
Intro: Gmaj7 Dmaj7
Like some [Gmaj7]night bird, homeward [Dmaj7]wingin'
He [Gmaj7]seeks the sheltered [Dmaj7]nest
Like the [Gmaj7]sailor's lost [Dmaj7]horizon
He [Gmaj7]needs some place to [Dmaj7]rest
[A/B]The songs that he's been singin'
No[G/A] longer make much sense
[G6]And those strangers' cold [F#m]perceptions
[Em]They've killed his [A11]confidence
[Dmaj7]Nightingale
She sails away upon [Gmaj7]a sea of song
[Dmaj7]Nightingale
She serenades his lonely, [Gmaj7]lonely life along
When his [Em]tired voice is [Bm]broken
His [Em]golden hope is [Bm]gone
She makes a[Em] lost soul's simple [Bm]longing
Somehow [A11]not so wrong
[Dmaj7]Nightingale[Gmaj7]
[Dmaj7]Nightingale[Gmaj7]
He was [Gmaj7]strong, but he was [Dmaj7]taken
By the[Gmaj7] thought of his [Dmaj7]success
Those [Gmaj7]spotlight shadows, how they[Dmaj7] lured him
And [Gmaj7]took him like all the [Dmaj7]rest
But [A/B]that old dream don't look good now
No,[G/A] it don't seem quite the same
He [G6]needs to hear a [F#m]tender word
Won't you [Em]sing him [A11]home again
[Dmaj7]Nightingale
She sails away upon a [Gmaj7]sea of song
[Dmaj7]Nightingale
She serenades his lonely, [Gmaj7]lonely life along
When his [Em]strength is slowly [Bm]goin'
His [Em]pride is all but [Bm]gone
She [Em]makes a foolish [Bm]dreamer listen
To[A11] one last song
[Dmaj7]Nightingale[Gmaj7]
[Dmaj7]Nightingale[Gmaj7]
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