Dolly Parton Blue Valley Songbird chords

Blue Valley Songbird by Dolly Parton

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She was born in a place called Blue Valley

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At the foot of the Tennessee hills

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With the blue birds and blue bells and blue mountain water

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And the sound of the Blue Whippoorwill


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But there was no peace in the valley

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Her daddy a cruel ruthless man

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Used and abused her mind and her body

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So her mama said run while you can


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So at fifteen she took to the highway

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Belongings and guitar in hand

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And she buried herself in her mu-sic

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The one thing she did understand

 
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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet

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Her voice has that high lonesome sound

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She hurts and her songs are the best way to show it

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So the Blue Valley songbird keeps traveling around


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She hopes someday she will make it

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And everyone says that she will

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When she comes to town crowds flock around

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To see the girl from the Tennessee hills


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She writes letters back home to her momma

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In care of the preacher in town

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They're sacred to her so she reads them at church

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And so her daddy cannot track her down

 
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And she sings like a bird and she cries like a baby

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Whenever she turns off the lights

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She's a whole lot lonesome and a little bit crazy

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From memories and miseries and dreams gone awry

 
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Blue dress blue shoes a blue Cadillac

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A band dressed in blue by her side

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Instruments tied to the top and the back

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Cause the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight

 
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One nighters honky tonks years flying by

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She's never made it but Lord knows she tries

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Expressing the feelings she holds inside

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And the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight


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Oh the Blue Valley songbird is singing tonight

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And she sings like a bird and she writes like a poet