Intro: Am  Dm  Am  E  Am  Dm  Am  Em  Am  

           Dm          Am      Dm 
Dark comes down like a bird in flight 
F         Dm          F       Am 
Most good people have gone to rest 
            Dm        Am      Dm 
But us poor fools who wake at night 
F          Dm         F        E7     C 
When we're lonely, we sing our best 


           G     C          G 
Listen and hark, out in the dark 
  F           Dm   F    E7      C 
A mockingbird in a tall tree 
          G           Am         G     F 
Busts his throat on a high sweet note 
       Dm         F         E7   
Nobody knows he's there but me 


Chorus: 
   Am        Dm        Am       E 
He sings his best when nobody's listening 
F        Dm 
Nobody's listening 
    Am   Dm  Am 
But me_________ 


           Dm          Am      Dm    F 
Dark comes down like a heron's wing 
     Dm        F      Am 
Honeysuckle is in the air 
            Dm        Am      Dm 
That's when I like to sit and sing 
F      Dm           F       E7     C 
Nobody listens, but I don't care 


         G           C       G 
Out in a swamp, by a firefly ramp 
   F        Dm          F      E7       
An old frog fiddles his double bass 
C        G       Am      G     F 
Over the hill, a whippoorwill 
          Dm          F      E7   
Sings her note from a secret race 


Chorus: 
    Am        Dm        Am       E 
She sings her best when nobody's listening 
F        Dm 
Nobody's listening 
    Am   Dm  Am 
But me_________ 


Instrumental: Dm  Am  Dm  F  Dm  F  Am   
              Dm  Am  Dm  F  Dm  F  E7 
              C  G  C  G  F  Dm  F  E7 
              C  G  Am  G  F  Dm  F  E7 


Chorus: 
   Am       Dm        Am       E 
We sing our best when nobody's listening 
F        Dm 
Nobody's listening 
    Am   Dm  Am   F   
But me_________ 


OUTRO:   (## repeat and fade to end ##) 
       C  G  Dm  C  F  G  Am  F 
       C  G  Dm  C  F  G  Am  F 
       C  G  Dm  C  F  G  Am  F 
       C  G  Dm  C  F  G  Am  F