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
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Willow Weep For Me - Etta James chords
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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.
Key:  
F#
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A
1231
D
1321
C#
12341114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
A
1231
D
1321
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Etta James - Willow Weep For Me chords, practice playing A, F#, Bm, G#, C#m, B, F#m and A in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 33 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 67. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: E Minor.

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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. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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