The Way I Feel Chords

by Gordon Lightfoot
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author Kraziekhat [pro] 64,755. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

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Am7

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The Way I Feel:Gordon Lightfoot.
Top of the charts in '67.
 
#1.
Dm        Am7            Dm
The way I feel is like a robin,
                 Am7              Dm
Whose babes have flown to come no more,
                Am7            Dm
like a tall oak tree alone and cryin',
                    Am7                   Dm
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
 
#2.
Dm          Am7             Dm
Now a woman Lord, is like a young bird,
                 Am7                   Dm
And the tall oak tree is a young man's heart.
          Am7                    Dm
Among its boughs you'll find her nesting,
Dm                  Am7                  Dm
When the nights are cool, she's warm and dry.
 
#3.
             Am7               Dm
Your coat of green, it will protect her,
               Am7                  Dm
Her wings will grow, your love will too,
            Am7              Dm
But all too soon your mighty branches,
              Am7                       Dm
Will cease to hold her. She'll fly from you.
 
#4.
Dm            Am7            Dm
Now the way I feel is like a robin,
                 Am7              Dm
Whose babes have flown to come no more.
                Am7            Dm
Like a tall oak tree alone and cryin',
                    Am7                   Dm
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
                    Am7                   Dm
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.
 
 
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7 comments
davidjaylogan
A simple,elegant poem from his heart; I took my girlfriend to hear and watch him play and sing this on a small stage in Windsor. This one, and others kept us together through wondrous times and woesome times. She left the earth way too young with a viscous,ravenous cancer ! We had That evening and four children alive, thriving and creative. They’re still carrying on with the help of other extended family and their own wills and hearts ! Thank you Gordon and thanks for the cords and tabs on this site! Another Gift !
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jodanna691
I have been watching a video tutorial on how to play this song and he does it in Drop D tuning on Capo 2. That's something that this chart is missing. Also the video has a fingerpicking pattern to learn. I like it--works for me and it's not too hard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukelE2f77o4
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flmikeed1
Beautiful, eerie, haunting, like you are all alone out in the forest
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