Chords for American Quartet - On The Banks Of The Wabash 1913 Indiana State Song
Tempo:
74.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
Around my Indiana, [Fm] a whole head [C] wave of cornfields.
In the distant [F#] bloom, the woodlands [C] clear and cool.
Oftentimes my [F] thoughts revert to [C] scenes of childhood, [G] where I first [A] received my lesson
nature's [F#] tool.
[E]
But one thing there is missing in [Am] the picture,
[D] without her face it seems so incomplete.
[C] I long to see [F] my mother in the [C] doorway, as [D] she stood there years ago, [G] her boy [C] to greet.
Oh, the moonlight fell [E] tonight along the [F] Wabash, [D] from the field rose up the breath
of [G] Gilmore Hay.
[F#] Through the thick of all [E] the [Am] candlelight of [F] leaving, [C] on the banks [D] of the [G] Wabash, all [C] away.
Oh, the [A#] moonlight [F#] fell tonight [F] along the [N] Wabash, from the field rose up the breath
of Gilmore Hay.
[A] Through [F#] the thick of all the [F] candlelight of [C] leaving, on the banks of [D] the Wabash, [G] [D] all away.
[C] [N]
[G] [C]
Around my Indiana, [Fm] a whole head [C] wave of cornfields.
In the distant [F#] bloom, the woodlands [C] clear and cool.
Oftentimes my [F] thoughts revert to [C] scenes of childhood, [G] where I first [A] received my lesson
nature's [F#] tool.
[E]
But one thing there is missing in [Am] the picture,
[D] without her face it seems so incomplete.
[C] I long to see [F] my mother in the [C] doorway, as [D] she stood there years ago, [G] her boy [C] to greet.
Oh, the moonlight fell [E] tonight along the [F] Wabash, [D] from the field rose up the breath
of [G] Gilmore Hay.
[F#] Through the thick of all [E] the [Am] candlelight of [F] leaving, [C] on the banks [D] of the [G] Wabash, all [C] away.
Oh, the [A#] moonlight [F#] fell tonight [F] along the [N] Wabash, from the field rose up the breath
of Gilmore Hay.
[A] Through [F#] the thick of all the [F] candlelight of [C] leaving, on the banks of [D] the Wabash, [G] [D] all away.
[C] [N]
Key:
C
F
G
D
F#
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Around my Indiana, [Fm] a whole head [C] wave of cornfields.
In the distant [F#] bloom, the woodlands [C] clear and cool.
_ _ Oftentimes my [F] thoughts revert to [C] scenes of childhood, _ [G] where I first [A] received my lesson
nature's [F#] tool.
_ _ [E]
But one thing there is missing in [Am] the picture, _
[D] without her face it seems so incomplete. _
_ [C] I long to see [F] my mother in the [C] doorway, _ as [D] she stood there years ago, [G] her boy [C] to greet.
_ _ Oh, the moonlight fell [E] tonight along the [F] _ Wabash, [D] from the field rose up the breath
of [G] Gilmore Hay.
[F#] Through the thick of all [E] the [Am] candlelight of [F] leaving, _ _ [C] on the banks [D] of the [G] Wabash, all _ [C] away. _ _
_ Oh, the [A#] moonlight [F#] fell tonight [F] along the [N] Wabash, from the field rose up the breath
of Gilmore Hay.
[A] Through [F#] the thick of all the [F] candlelight of [C] leaving, on the banks of [D] the Wabash, [G] _ _ [D] all away.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Around my Indiana, [Fm] a whole head [C] wave of cornfields.
In the distant [F#] bloom, the woodlands [C] clear and cool.
_ _ Oftentimes my [F] thoughts revert to [C] scenes of childhood, _ [G] where I first [A] received my lesson
nature's [F#] tool.
_ _ [E]
But one thing there is missing in [Am] the picture, _
[D] without her face it seems so incomplete. _
_ [C] I long to see [F] my mother in the [C] doorway, _ as [D] she stood there years ago, [G] her boy [C] to greet.
_ _ Oh, the moonlight fell [E] tonight along the [F] _ Wabash, [D] from the field rose up the breath
of [G] Gilmore Hay.
[F#] Through the thick of all [E] the [Am] candlelight of [F] leaving, _ _ [C] on the banks [D] of the [G] Wabash, all _ [C] away. _ _
_ Oh, the [A#] moonlight [F#] fell tonight [F] along the [N] Wabash, from the field rose up the breath
of Gilmore Hay.
[A] Through [F#] the thick of all the [F] candlelight of [C] leaving, on the banks of [D] the Wabash, [G] _ _ [D] all away.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _