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Intro
G G G D E
Verse1
E C Am E
Wild strawberries grow at the foot of the mountain,
C G D * Dsus2 Dsus4
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day,
E C Am E C
They're sweet as the lips of the first child who found them,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
G G
There's a man in a cradle lying on his back,
G D E
Grins at the moon but it won't laugh back, no it won't laugh back,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
Verse2
E C Am E
My love delights me as winds of the summer,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day,
E C Am E
Raindrops and tears wash the cheeks of my lover,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
G G
There's a man in a cradle, he shouts at the shore,
G D E
He cries out for me, doesn't shout anymore,
E
Cause' he can't shout anymore,
C G D
And it's hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny nonny day
Verse3
E C Am E
Oh the boulevard sing when they see us together,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day,
E C Am E
Like summer and stars we are constant forever,
C G D
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
G G
There's a man in a cradle, a crown on his head,
G D E
Caressing his guts in a warm soft bed,
E
Yes a warm soft bed,
C G D
And it's hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
Verse4
E C Am E
Oh a white dove sleeps on the blue hills of morning,
C G
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day,
E C Am E
And when he awakes the wild geese will be flying,
C G
Hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny day
G G
There's a man in a cradle all painted in black,
G D E
Goes down into the earth, and there's no turning back,
E
No there's no turning back,
C G D
And it's hey nonny nonny nonny, hey nonny nonny nonny day