G
C
How I love that old melody they’re playing
D7
G
I heard it in so many different songs
C
It made stars out of country music singers
D7
G
And somehow it just keeps playing on
C
Oh I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
D7
G
Seems to me it’s been around since time began
C
It was there with our soldiers during wartime
D7
G
And right today we still hear it now and then
C
Roy Acuff was young country singer
D7
G
His records were just starting to be heard
C
That old tune took him right up to stardom
D7
G
On The Wings Of The Great Speckled Bird
C
Hank Thompson is a country music legend
D7
G
He sang western swing and songs of peace and strife
C
That same tune gave old Hank the break he needed
D7
G
On a record called The Wild Side Of Life
C
A young girl made the world stop and listen
D7
G
Kitty Wells was that young singer’s name
C
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
D7
G
That melody rang clear as country rain
C
Oh those notes must come straight out of heaven
D7
G
In so many different songs they were the same
C
I know someday they’ll be etched in gold forever
D7
G
And placed in the Country Music Hall Of Fame
D7
G
And placed in the Country Music Hall Of Fame
G
D7
C
