DEEPENING SNOW

                              Harlan Howard

Intro: C7/C7/F/C7             Waltz 118  HH4 Cy4

                F

IT'S SNOWING OUT THERE IN THE GLOAMIN'

                                                                Bb

I'VE SAT HERE AND WATCH IT ALL NIGHT

               C7

LITTLE KIDS WILL BE THRILLED WHEN THEY AWAKEN

                                                                            F

AND LOOK AT THE FIELDS DEEP AND WHITE

BUT THE SNOW MAKES ME THINK OF MY DARLING

                                                                             Bb

HOW SHE HATED THE SNOW AND THE COLD

                          C7

NOW SHE LIES IN A GRAVE BACK IN KNOXSVILLE

                                                                                           F

WITH A HEAD STONE THAT'S JUST ONE YEAR OLD

chorus

F

PLEASE MAKE THE WINTER GO QUICK, LORD

                                                                                 Gm

SO THE FLOWERS AROUND HER CAN GROW

     C7

I CAN'T STAND THE THOUGHT OF MY LOVE ONE

                                                                      F

LYING THERE IN THE DEEPENING SNOW

spoken

LITTLE NANCY CLIMBS UPON MY KNEE NOW

AND I GUESS SHE'S MUCH TOO YOUNG TO KNOW

THAT THE KISS I GIVE WAS MEANT FOR HER MOTHER

LYING THERE IN THE DEEPENING SNOW

(chorus)

LYING THERE IN THE DEEPENING SNOW