Chords from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOdxtZp3444
Music originally from Doc Watson covered by Seth Avett
[Intro]
(based on a G chord)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-------------3-------------0---------0---------------------------------|
G|-------0---0---0---0---0-----0---0-----0---0---0---------------------------| x2
D|-----0---0---2-------0---2/4-------0-2-------0-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------------------------------3-------------------------|
G Bm Am D G
Alberta let your hair hang low
[Intro]
G G D G
I saw her first on an april morn'
G Bm C D
As she walked through the mist in a field of hay
G G C G
Her hair lit the world with its golden glow
G Bm Am D G
And the smile on her face burned my heart away
[Intro]
G Bm Am D G
Alberta let your hair hang low
[Intro]
G F D D7
Alberta let your hair hang low
C Bm D G Em
I'll give you more gold than your apron can hold
G Bm Am D G
if you'll only let your hair hang low
[Intro]
G Bm Am D G
Alberta, what's on your mind
[Intro]
G F D
Alberta, what's on your mind
C Bm D G Em
My heart is so sad, 'cause you treat me so bad
G Bm Am D G
Alberta, what's on your mind
[Intro]
G G D G
I thought my golden time would last
G Bm C D
But the field of hay was soon cut down
G G C G
In a short few weeks it all was past
G Bm Am D G
And my golden girl just a painful song
[Intro]
G Bm Am D G
Alberta let your hair hang low
[Intro]
G F D D7
Alberta let your hair hang low
C Bm D G Em
I'll give you more gold than your apron can hold
G Bm Am D G
if you'll only let your hair hang low