Willow Weep For Me Chords by Etta James
Tempo:
66.9 bpm
Chords used:
F#
A
D
C#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh Lord, why did you send the darkness to me
and the shadows forever to be?
Where's the light I'm longing to see?
Love once met me by the old willow tree.
Now you've gone and left nothing to me.
Nothing but a sweet memory.
[Am] [A] [B] [Am]
[C#] [A] [F] [D#] [D] [F]
[Em] [E] [C] [A] [Gm]
[A] [F#] [F] [C]
[C#] [F#] Willow, weep for me.
[C#]
[C] Willow, weep for me.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] green [C#m] along the [B] stream
[G] that runs through the sea.
[Bm] [F#] Listen to my [G] plea.
[E] Listen, [C] willow, and weep [F#m] for [Am] me.
[Gm] [Am] Gone my lover's dream, [C]
[D] lovely summer dream.
[F#] Gone [Bm] and left me [G#] here [E] to weep my [B] tears [Em] into the [Bm] stream.
Sad [D] as I [F#] can be, [Em]
[E] hear me, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep [D#] for [F#] me.
[A] [D#]
[Gm] [C#] [Dm] [B] Whisper to [A#] the [C#] wind and say that [G] love has sinned
[Em] to [B] leave my heart [A] a-breaking [E] and [C#] making a moan.
[Em] [F] Murmur [Dm] to the [E] [C#] night to hide [A#m] her starry lie
so [Em] none will [Dm] find me sighing and [D] crying [D#] all [G#] [Am] alone.
[B] Weep in, [Am] willow tree, [A] [C#] weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] down along [C#m] the ground [B] and [G] cover me.
[C#] [C] When the [Bm] shadows fall, [B] bend, [E] oh, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep for me.
[F#] I want you to [D] weep for me, [Gm] willow tree.
[A] [D] [F#m]
[F#] [A] [F#] [G#] [C#m] [B]
[A] [F#] [Em] [E]
[C#] [F#] [A] [D] [E]
[C] [A] [F#] [F#m] [A] [F#]
[F#m] [A#] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] [D] [G] [G#] [E]
[C#] [D] [C] [D] [F] [Em] [Am]
[F#m] [E] [D] Yeah.
[G]
[Dm] [Cm] [E] Yeah.
[Cm] [G] [Gm]
Whoa.
[F#m] [D#] [G]
[F] Whoa.
Yeah, play, Sita.
[A#] [A] [D] [F#m]
[F#] All right.
[F#m] [F#] Hey, hey, hey, hey, [F#] hey.
[Bm]
[G#] [C#m] [B] [Em] [Am] [D]
[Em] [G#] [G] [F#] Let, yeah, yeah.
[F] [G] [D#] [F] Whisper [B] to [E] the [A] wind [D] and say [C#] that [G] love has sinned
to leave [Dm] my heart a-breaking [E] and making [C#] a moan.
[Dm] Murmur to [D#] the [G#] night [Am] to [C#] hide her starry [A#m] lie
[B] so none will find [Cm] me sighing [Gm] and [D#] crying [D] all [A] alone.
[F#] Oh, weep in, willow tree, [F#m]
weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend your [Bm] branches down [G#] along the [C#m]
[B] ground and [Em] cover [C#] me.
[F#] When the [D] shadows [B] fall, [E] bend, oh, [C] willow, and [C#] weep [C] for me.
[D]
[G#] [Am] Weep, [A] weep, [B] oh, willow tree.
[A] I [C#] want you to [Em] weep for [A] me, [Dm] weep [F#m] for [F] me.
[G]
Willow tree.
[A] Weep.
and the shadows forever to be?
Where's the light I'm longing to see?
Love once met me by the old willow tree.
Now you've gone and left nothing to me.
Nothing but a sweet memory.
[Am] [A] [B] [Am]
[C#] [A] [F] [D#] [D] [F]
[Em] [E] [C] [A] [Gm]
[A] [F#] [F] [C]
[C#] [F#] Willow, weep for me.
[C#]
[C] Willow, weep for me.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] green [C#m] along the [B] stream
[G] that runs through the sea.
[Bm] [F#] Listen to my [G] plea.
[E] Listen, [C] willow, and weep [F#m] for [Am] me.
[Gm] [Am] Gone my lover's dream, [C]
[D] lovely summer dream.
[F#] Gone [Bm] and left me [G#] here [E] to weep my [B] tears [Em] into the [Bm] stream.
Sad [D] as I [F#] can be, [Em]
[E] hear me, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep [D#] for [F#] me.
[A] [D#]
[Gm] [C#] [Dm] [B] Whisper to [A#] the [C#] wind and say that [G] love has sinned
[Em] to [B] leave my heart [A] a-breaking [E] and [C#] making a moan.
[Em] [F] Murmur [Dm] to the [E] [C#] night to hide [A#m] her starry lie
so [Em] none will [Dm] find me sighing and [D] crying [D#] all [G#] [Am] alone.
[B] Weep in, [Am] willow tree, [A] [C#] weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] down along [C#m] the ground [B] and [G] cover me.
[C#] [C] When the [Bm] shadows fall, [B] bend, [E] oh, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep for me.
[F#] I want you to [D] weep for me, [Gm] willow tree.
[A] [D] [F#m]
[F#] [A] [F#] [G#] [C#m] [B]
[A] [F#] [Em] [E]
[C#] [F#] [A] [D] [E]
[C] [A] [F#] [F#m] [A] [F#]
[F#m] [A#] [Em] [Am]
[D] [C] [D] [G] [G#] [E]
[C#] [D] [C] [D] [F] [Em] [Am]
[F#m] [E] [D] Yeah.
[G]
[Dm] [Cm] [E] Yeah.
[Cm] [G] [Gm]
Whoa.
[F#m] [D#] [G]
[F] Whoa.
Yeah, play, Sita.
[A#] [A] [D] [F#m]
[F#] All right.
[F#m] [F#] Hey, hey, hey, hey, [F#] hey.
[Bm]
[G#] [C#m] [B] [Em] [Am] [D]
[Em] [G#] [G] [F#] Let, yeah, yeah.
[F] [G] [D#] [F] Whisper [B] to [E] the [A] wind [D] and say [C#] that [G] love has sinned
to leave [Dm] my heart a-breaking [E] and making [C#] a moan.
[Dm] Murmur to [D#] the [G#] night [Am] to [C#] hide her starry [A#m] lie
[B] so none will find [Cm] me sighing [Gm] and [D#] crying [D] all [A] alone.
[F#] Oh, weep in, willow tree, [F#m]
weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend your [Bm] branches down [G#] along the [C#m]
[B] ground and [Em] cover [C#] me.
[F#] When the [D] shadows [B] fall, [E] bend, oh, [C] willow, and [C#] weep [C] for me.
[D]
[G#] [Am] Weep, [A] weep, [B] oh, willow tree.
[A] I [C#] want you to [Em] weep for [A] me, [Dm] weep [F#m] for [F] me.
[G]
Willow tree.
[A] Weep.
Key:
F#
A
D
C#
B
F#
A
D
Oh Lord, _ why did you send the darkness to me
and the shadows forever _ to be?
_ Where's the light I'm longing to see?
_ Love once met me by the old willow tree.
Now you've gone and left nothing to me.
Nothing but a sweet memory. _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ [F] _ [D#] _ [D] _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] Willow, weep for me.
[C#] _
[C] Willow, weep for me.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] green [C#m] along the [B] stream
[G] that runs through the sea.
[Bm] _ [F#] Listen to my [G] plea.
[E] Listen, [C] willow, and weep [F#m] for [Am] me. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Am] Gone my lover's dream, [C] _
[D] lovely summer dream.
[F#] Gone [Bm] and left me [G#] here [E] to weep my [B] tears [Em] into the [Bm] stream.
Sad [D] as I [F#] can be, [Em] _
[E] hear me, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep [D#] for [F#] me.
_ [A] _ [D#] _
[Gm] _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ [B] Whisper to [A#] the [C#] wind and say that [G] love has sinned
[Em] to [B] leave my heart [A] a-breaking [E] and [C#] making a moan.
[Em] [F] Murmur [Dm] to the [E] [C#] night to hide [A#m] her starry lie
so [Em] none will [Dm] find me sighing and [D] crying [D#] all [G#] [Am] alone.
[B] Weep in, [Am] willow tree, [A] [C#] weep in [F#] sympathy.
_ [A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] down along [C#m] the ground [B] and [G] cover me.
[C#] _ [C] When the [Bm] shadows fall, [B] bend, [E] oh, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep for me.
[F#] _ I want you to [D] weep for me, [Gm] willow tree.
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
[A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[C] _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [A#] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] [D] Yeah.
_ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] [E] Yeah.
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Gm] _
_ Whoa.
[F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G]
[F] Whoa.
Yeah, play, Sita.
[A#] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _
[F#] All right.
[F#m] _ [F#] _ Hey, hey, hey, hey, [F#] hey.
[Bm] _
[G#] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] _ [F#] Let, yeah, yeah.
[F] _ [G] _ [D#] [F] Whisper [B] to [E] the [A] wind [D] and say [C#] that [G] love has sinned
to leave [Dm] my heart a-breaking [E] and making [C#] a moan.
[Dm] Murmur to [D#] the [G#] night [Am] to [C#] hide her starry [A#m] lie
[B] so none will find [Cm] me sighing [Gm] and [D#] crying [D] all [A] alone.
[F#] Oh, weep in, willow tree, [F#m]
weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend your [Bm] branches down [G#] along the [C#m]
[B] ground and [Em] cover [C#] me.
[F#] When the [D] shadows [B] fall, [E] bend, oh, [C] willow, and [C#] weep [C] for me.
_ [D] _ _
[G#] [Am] Weep, [A] weep, [B] oh, willow tree.
[A] I [C#] want you to [Em] weep for [A] me, [Dm] weep [F#m] for [F] me.
_ [G] _
Willow tree.
[A] _ Weep. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and the shadows forever _ to be?
_ Where's the light I'm longing to see?
_ Love once met me by the old willow tree.
Now you've gone and left nothing to me.
Nothing but a sweet memory. _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ [F] _ [D#] _ [D] _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _
_ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] Willow, weep for me.
[C#] _
[C] Willow, weep for me.
[A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] green [C#m] along the [B] stream
[G] that runs through the sea.
[Bm] _ [F#] Listen to my [G] plea.
[E] Listen, [C] willow, and weep [F#m] for [Am] me. _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Am] Gone my lover's dream, [C] _
[D] lovely summer dream.
[F#] Gone [Bm] and left me [G#] here [E] to weep my [B] tears [Em] into the [Bm] stream.
Sad [D] as I [F#] can be, [Em] _
[E] hear me, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep [D#] for [F#] me.
_ [A] _ [D#] _
[Gm] _ [C#] _ [Dm] _ [B] Whisper to [A#] the [C#] wind and say that [G] love has sinned
[Em] to [B] leave my heart [A] a-breaking [E] and [C#] making a moan.
[Em] [F] Murmur [Dm] to the [E] [C#] night to hide [A#m] her starry lie
so [Em] none will [Dm] find me sighing and [D] crying [D#] all [G#] [Am] alone.
[B] Weep in, [Am] willow tree, [A] [C#] weep in [F#] sympathy.
_ [A] [F#] Bend [Bm] your branches [G#] down along [C#m] the ground [B] and [G] cover me.
[C#] _ [C] When the [Bm] shadows fall, [B] bend, [E] oh, [C] willow, and [C#m] weep for me.
[F#] _ I want you to [D] weep for me, [Gm] willow tree.
_ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ [G#] _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
[A] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[C] _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [A#] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [G#] _ [E] _
[C#] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [F] _ [Em] _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [E] [D] Yeah.
_ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Cm] [E] Yeah.
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Gm] _
_ Whoa.
[F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G]
[F] Whoa.
Yeah, play, Sita.
[A#] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [F#m] _ _
[F#] All right.
[F#m] _ [F#] _ Hey, hey, hey, hey, [F#] hey.
[Bm] _
[G#] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G#] _ _ [G] _ [F#] Let, yeah, yeah.
[F] _ [G] _ [D#] [F] Whisper [B] to [E] the [A] wind [D] and say [C#] that [G] love has sinned
to leave [Dm] my heart a-breaking [E] and making [C#] a moan.
[Dm] Murmur to [D#] the [G#] night [Am] to [C#] hide her starry [A#m] lie
[B] so none will find [Cm] me sighing [Gm] and [D#] crying [D] all [A] alone.
[F#] Oh, weep in, willow tree, [F#m]
weep in [F#] sympathy.
[A] [F#] Bend your [Bm] branches down [G#] along the [C#m]
[B] ground and [Em] cover [C#] me.
[F#] When the [D] shadows [B] fall, [E] bend, oh, [C] willow, and [C#] weep [C] for me.
_ [D] _ _
[G#] [Am] Weep, [A] weep, [B] oh, willow tree.
[A] I [C#] want you to [Em] weep for [A] me, [Dm] weep [F#m] for [F] me.
_ [G] _
Willow tree.
[A] _ Weep. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _