Anna Lee chords by Levon Helm

3/4 Tempo

Verse:

D            A     D
Listen now children a story I'll tell
    G           D
Of a woman they called Anna Lee
D              A      D
She had a fine son and she raised him up well
    G          D
And a daughter as lovely as she


Chorus:

    A              D
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
     G          D
As the sparrow returns to her nest
D                 G    D
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
      G           D
Hold your sweet weary head to my breast


Verse:

D              A    D
She sang to her darlings a sweet lullaby
    G             D
As the cool evening shadows grow long
D             A     D
Angels and nightingales gather at night
     G           D
Just to hear mother Anna Lee's song


Chorus:

    A              D
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
     G          D
As the sparrow returns to her nest
D                 G    D
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
      G           D
Hold your sweet weary head to my breast


Verse:

D              A     D
I heard it one morning she rode into town
  G            D
To tend to her dear sister there
D               A      D
She kissed her two babies on cheek and on brow
   G           D
And left them with nary a care


D               A      D
The wind it did rise and the rain it did fall
   G         D
The river, a shadowy wave
D            A      D
Anna Lee never heard danger's dark call
     G          D
And was swept to her watery grave


Chorus:

    A              D
I'll return to you, dear, in the dimming of day
     G          D
As the sparrow returns to her nest
D                 G    D
I'll return to you dreaming with each lullaby
      G           D