(There'll Be Bluebirds Over)
The White Cliffs Of Dover

Words & Music by Nat Burton & Walter Kent
Recorded by Vera Lynn, 1941

  Am7    D7  G        Bm7        C    Am       G     Em
There'll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover 

Am7  C     Am7     G   D9  Am7 D7/9  G
To - mor - row -- just you wait and see.


Intro Verse:

D7   G         Em     Bm7     Bm7/E
I'll never forget the people I met 

C             Am7    G
Braving those angry skies;

     Bm    F#m         Bm      B7
I remember well as the shadows fell,

    A7       Em7  G/B A7    G
The light of hope in their eyes.

     C       Am7  Bm      Am7      Cdim      Em
And tho' I'm far away, I still can hear them say 

  Em     B+                Am  Cdim  D7
"Thumb's up, for when the dawn comes up:


  Am7    D7  G     Gdim  Bm7        C    Am       G     Em
There'll be blue - birds over the white cliffs of Dover 

Am7  C     Am7     G   D9  Am7 D7/9  G
To - mor - row -- just you wait and see.

  Am7    D7  G   Gdim  Bm7         C    Am   G     Em
There'll be love and laughter and peace ever after

Am7  C     Am7  G    D9  Am7  D7/9  G
To - mor - row when the world  is free."


Bridge:

     C            C/B       Am7  Cdim
The shepherd will tend his sheep,

     G            Am7 D7/9  G
The valley will bloom  a - gain,

    C          C/B    Gdim
And Jimmy will go to sleep

        C  C/B    Cdim  Am7 D7/9
In his own little room  a - gain.


  Am7    D7  G     Gdim  Bm7        C    Am       G     Em
There'll be blue - birds over the white cliffs of Dover 

Am7  G     Em7     G   D9  Am7 D7/9  G
To - mor - row -- just you wait and see.


*The last two lines of the bridge of this song were considerably more meaningful during World War II than most people give them credit for. Following England's declaration of war in early September of 1939, Londoners sent their children to live with whatever relatives might be available in the English countryside, beyond the reach of German bombs which they expected (quite accurately, as history shows) would fall on London. The parents, in contrast, stayed behind. (Thanks to cyberfriend and lyric specialist Ron Hontz for providing both this basic information, and for providing the link to greater detail at http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/london1939.htm where you can learn more about this.)


 
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