A Walk in the Black Forest*

Words & Music by Kal Mann & Horst Jankowsky
Recorded by Horst Jankowski, 1965 (#12)
Vocal recorded by Salena Jones, 1966


      A          D9     Bm7-5      A
The trees join hands and say, "Hello,"

Fdim  A       D9   Cdim     A
And suddenly ev'rywhere we go

Edim D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5   E7   Fdim A   F#m  D9  E7
The sun           beams through in fun.


Fdim  A          D9      Bm7-5     A
The  leaves form patterns like a heart

Fdim  A        D9   Cdim     A
And whisper forever "Never part." 

Edim D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim  A    C#7
 Be true,        'cause  I love you.


Bridge:

A9      Am       A9    Am Bm7-5 Am7  Cdim  Am   E7
Shadows    write words of love   a - cross our path;

 F#7  Gdim  F#7     
Birds sing, 

     C#7  Gdim D9   Bm7-5  E   Cdim   E   D9    A     E7
"How luck - y those whose love just grows to - geth - er."


 A         D9       Bm7-5    A
Blades of grass stand on and on

Fdim  A        D9   Cdim   A
And chatter together in a calm 

C#m7-5  D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim  F#7
That's green         and   so ser - ene,

Edim E7     D9 E7 D9  Bm7-5 E7/6 A
 A   mem - 'ry of our walk   of love.



A      D9     Bm7-5       A
In a dream, a stream goes by
 
Fdim   A            D9     Cdim     A
Re - flec - ting a message from the sky 

Edim D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5   E7   Fdim A   F#m  D9  E7
A - bove

Fdim  A       D9      Bm7-5  A
And here and there we look around

Fdim  A        D9   Cdim        A
 To see other lovers who have found 

Edim  D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5 E7 Fdim  A    C#7
Their way.


Bridge 2:

A9           Am A9   Am  Bm7-5  Am7  Cdim Am  E7
Crick - ets tap out their sym - pho - ny  in code;

F#7  Gdim  F#7     
Rab - bits 

C#7 Gdim  D9 Bm7-5    E  Cdim    E   D9     A   E7
Run hel - ter skel - ter find - ing shel - ter here.


     A        D9   Bm7-5    A
And flowers swaying in the breeze

Fdim  A         D9     Cdim     A
Look up to the branches of the trees

C#m7-5 D9  Bm7-5 E7 Cm7-5  E7   Fdim  F#7
 And  sing            as  birds take wing --

Edim E7  D9  E  Edim E7   D9  Bm7-5 E7/6  A
All this is true        'cause  I   love you.


*Originally titled "Schwarzwaldenfahrt," this song has also been recorded as "I Walk With You." Dual attribution on performer is more than appropriate here, as is dual attribution of the title. Jankowski's instrumental version even now is certainly the best-remembered of the two; but Jones' version, though much less well-known, is one of the few I've found that actually includes a vocal. Officially, this melody has two titles (both shown above in the title area) because only the version named "I Walk With You" actually has lyrics.


 
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