Cry Of The Whippoorwill

Banjo Intro: 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 Chorus: 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 Now listen close and you can hear Their mournful cries ring through the darkness Lovers lost and all alone Spirits two forever roam Verse 1: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 5 1 1 Like a nightbird's wail when the wind is still The sound of river and a whippoorwill Like the driving rain on a roof of tin Her words of love call out to him Fiddle Break: 5 5 1 1 1 1 Verse 2: In the chill of the night through falling snow Two hearts run wild nowhere to go Crossing hills and valleys wide To meet once more on the other side Chorus: Guitar/Banjo Break: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 Verse 3: It's a bitter Wind that sings her song About a love so right and yet so wrong And promised hearts where pa*sions dwell No one can see no one can tell Verse 4: Souls lost in time they were never found Frozen in (?solid?) on the cold hard ground Forever wild forever free Wrapped in the arms of eternity Chorus: Mando/Fiddle Break: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 Chorus: Vocal Ending: 4 4 1 1 5 5 1 1 Lovers lost and all alone Spirits two forever roam