Intro: AmDmAmEAmDmAmEmAmDmAmDm
Dark comes down like a bird in flight
FDmFAm
Most good people have gone to rest
DmAmDm
But us poor fools who wake at night
FDmFE7C
When we're lonely, we sing our best
GCG
Listen and hark, out in the dark
FDmFE7CA mockingbird in a tall tree
GAmGF
Busts his throat on a high sweet note
DmFE7
Nobody knows he's there but me
Chorus:
AmDmAmE
He sings his best when nobody's listening
FDm
Nobody's listening
AmDmAm
But me_________
DmAmDmF
Dark comes down like a heron's wing
DmFAm
Honeysuckle is in the air
DmAmDm
That's when I like to sit and sing
FDmFE7C
Nobody listens, but I don't care
GCG
Out in a swamp, by a firefly ramp
FDmFE7
An old frog fiddles his double bass
CGAmGF
Over the hill, a whippoorwill
DmFE7
Sings her note from a secret race
Chorus:
AmDmAmE
She sings her best when nobody's listening
FDm
Nobody's listening
AmDmAm
But me_________
Instrumental: DmAmDmFDmFAmDmAmDmFDmFE7CGCGFDmFE7CGAmGFDmFE7Chorus:
AmDmAmE
We sing our best when nobody's listening
FDm
Nobody's listening
AmDmAmF
But me_________
Outro: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
CGDmCFGAmFCGDmCFGAmFCGDmCFGAmFCGDmCFGAmF
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.