Nightingale
Carole KingVersion1
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Like some night bird, homeward wingin'
He seeks the sheltered nest
Like the sailor's lost horizon
He needs some place to rest
The songs that he's been singin'
No longer make much sense
And those strangers' cold perceptions
They've killed his confidence
Nightingale
She sails away upon a sea of song
Nightingale
She serenades his lonely, lonely life along
When his tired voice is broken
His golden hope is gone
She makes a lost soul's simple longing
Somehow not so wrong
Nightingale
Nightingale
He was strong, but he was taken
By the thought of his success
Those spotlight shadows, how they lured him
And took him like all the rest
But that old dream don't look good now
No, it don't seem quite the same
He needs to hear a tender word
Won't you sing him home again
Nightingale
She sails away upon a sea of song
Nightingale
She serenades his lonely, lonely life along
When his strength is slowly goin'
His pride is all but gone
She makes a foolish dreamer listen
To one last song
Nightingale
Nightingale
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Readable chord sheet for Nightingale by Carole King
[Gmaj7] [Dmaj7] Like some [Gmaj7]night bird, homeward [Dmaj7]wingin' He s[Gmaj7]eeks the sheltered ne[Dmaj7]st Like the [Gmaj7]sailor's lost horizo[Dmaj7]n He n[Gmaj7]eeds some place to r[Dmaj7]est Th[A/B]e songs that he's been singin' No[G/A] longer make much sense An[G6]d those strangers' cold p[F#m]erceptions They'v[Em]e killed his c[A11]onfidence Nighti[Dmaj7]ngale She sails away upon [Gmaj7]a sea of song Nighti[Dmaj7]ngale She serenades his lonely, lo[Gmaj7]nely life along When his t[Em]ired voice is br[Bm]oken His golde[Em]n hope is gon[Bm]e She makes a[Em] lost soul's simple longi[Bm]ng Somehow [A11]not so wrong Night[Dmaj7]ingale [Gmaj7] Night[Dmaj7]ingale [Gmaj7] He was [Gmaj7]strong, but he was t[Dmaj7]aken By the[Gmaj7] thought of his succ[Dmaj7]ess Those [Gmaj7]spotlight shadows, how they[Dmaj7] lured him And to[Gmaj7]ok him like all the [Dmaj7]rest But t[A/B]hat old dream don't look good now No,[G/A] it don't seem quite the same He nee[G6]ds to hear a t[F#m]ender word Won't you [Em]sing him ho[A11]me again Night[Dmaj7]ingale She sails away upon a se[Gmaj7]a of song Night[Dmaj7]ingale She serenades his lonely, l[Gmaj7]onely life along When his s[Em]trength is slowly [Bm]goin' His pri[Em]de is all but g[Bm]one She mak[Em]es a foolish dr[Bm]eamer listen To[A11] one last song Nigh[Dmaj7]tingale [Gmaj7] Nigh[Dmaj7]tingale [Gmaj7]