I Heard The Bluebirds Sing

Marty Robbins

C                                 F

I Met A Girl Out In The Hills Who Gave My Lonely Heart A Thrill

    C                                   G7

Her Beauty Seemed Just Like A Breath Of Spring

    C                             F

And When I Looked Into Her Eyes I Thought Of Blue Mid Summer Skies

    C                              G7                  C

And When I Held Her Hand In Mine I Heard The Bluebirds Sing

C7           F

They Sang Of Wondering  (Wondering If You Love Her)

         C

Will She Marry  (Marry If You Ask Her}

         G7

Will Her Heart Beat  (Heart Beat True For Him) 

                  C

For then And Ever More

C7             F

And When She's Lonely  (Lonely Is He Near Her)

             C

When There's Sadness  (Sadness Will He Cheer Her)

          G7

Will They Always  (Always Be Together)

                    C

Until In Death They Part

                                   F

I Courted Her For Months On End Un-til She Promised We Would Be Wed

   C                               G7

We Planned On Being Married In The Spring

    C

All Through The Long Cold Winter Months

   F

It Seemed That Spring Would Never Come

    C                           G7                  C

And Every Gloomy Winter's Day I Heard The Bluebirds Sing

C7           F

They Sang Of Waiting  (Waiting For The Flowers) 

       C

And Of Counting  (Counting Every Hour)

         G7

Till The Bluebird  (Bluebird Brings His Welcome)

   C

In-to The World Once More

C7               F

And Though We're Waiting  (Waiting For The Sunshine)

        C

We Keep Hating  (Hating Every Storm Cloud)

         G7

That Has Gathered  (Gathered On The Mountain)

                 C

To Keep Us Far A-part

And When At Last Spring Touched The Earth

        F

We Were Married In The Village Church

    C                                     G7

Our Wedding Seemed Just Like A Dream Come True

   C

So Many Years Have Come And Gone

    F

Our Love Is Still As True And Strong

   C                             G7                  C

As When I Found Her Long Ago And Still The Bluebirds Sing

C7           F

They Sang Of Loving  (Loving Every Hour) 

         C

That I'm Married  (Married To My Flower)

         G7

We'll Be Happy  (Happy Ever After)

                    C

As Since The Day We Met

C7               F

And Though We're Older  (Older Love Is Sweeter)

        C

We Grow Fonder  (Fonder Of Each Other)

         G7

We'll Be Sweethearts  (Sweethearts Close Together) 

                 C

Until The End Of Time