Bill Monroe - Midnight on the stormy deep

^CWas midnight on the ^G7stormy ^Cdeep My solitary watch I ke-^C7ep And to think of ^Fher I left be^Chind And asked if ^G7she'd be true and ^Ckind

I never shall ^G7forget the ^Cday When I was forced to go aw-^C7ay In silence ^Fthere my head she'd ^Crest And pressed me ^G7to her loving ^Cbreast

Oh Willie don't ^G7go back to ^Csea There's other girls as good as m-^C7e But none can ^Flove you true as ^CI Pray don't go ^G7where the bullets ^Cfly

The deep deep sea ^G7may us di^Cvide And I may be some other's bri-^C7de But still my ^Fthoughts will sometimes ^Cstray To thee when ^G7thou art far ^Caway

I never have ^G7proved false to ^Cthee The heart I gave was true as th-i^C7ne But you have ^Fproved untrue to ^Cme I can no ^G7longer call thee ^Cmine

Then fare thee well ^G7I'd rather ^Cmake My home upon some icy la-^C7ke Where the southern ^Fsun refuse to ^Cshine Then to trust a love so fa^G7lse as th^Cine