Songbook/Aura Lee

__NOTOC__American civil war song Aura Lea (with other words, also known as Love Me Tender) W. W. Fosdick (1861 publ.) George R. Poulton (1861 publ.) Paniolo guitar accompaniment suggestion ukulele (gcea) 100px 100px 100px 15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px30px15px15px15px15px15px15px15px F G C7 40px 40px 40px Aura Lee w:en:Aura_Lee (en) Aura Lee thumb|200px|Publication of 1861 1st Verse FAs the blackbird Gin the spring C7'neath the willow Ftree FSat and rocked, I Gheard him sing, C7singing Aura FLee Chorus FAura Lee, Aura Lee, maid with golden hair FSunshine came a-Glong with thee and C7swallows in the Fair 2nd Verse FTake my heart and Gtake my ring I C7give my all to Fthee FTake me for e-Gternity C7dearest Aura FLee (Chorus) 3rd Verse FIn her blush the Grose was born 'twas C7music when she Fspoke FIn her eyes the Glight of morn C7sparkling seemed to Fbreak (Chorus) Last Verse FAura Lee the Gbird may flee the C7willow' golden Fhair FThen the wintry Gwinds may be C7blowing ev'ry-Fwhere Last Chorus FYet if thy blue |eyes I see |gloom will soon depart FFor to me sweet GAura Lee is C7sunshine to the Fheart Akkordschema Verse Chorus (simple ) Chorus (more complex) | F | G | C7 | F || | F | G | C7 | F || | F | - | - | - || | F | G | C7 | F || | F A7 | Dm F7 | Bb Bbm | F || | F D7 | G | C7 | F || Version for solo guitar For this song, there is a solo guitar book version in C major. If you want to keepthe F major tonality, you needa Capo on the 5th Guitar fret. To listen to the midis we recommend Karaoke Player of vanBasco. It's a very good midi player that can slow down the piece and pitch the tonality to F-major. Melody picking of Aura Lee Media:Picking_Aura_Lee.pdf Picking_Aura_Lee.mid Listen to "Aura-Lee-Picking" Weblinks Aura+Lea+Lee Videos on YouTube Media:Picking_Aura_Lee.pdf PDF: melody-tablaturef of Ukulele (gcea) MIDI: melody Footnotes Aura Lee Aura Lee Aura Lee Aura Lee