The Annual Waltz
by John Hartford
from YouTube Video
Transcribed by: Verne Garrison

Banjo tuned E, Capo 3  Key of D 3/4 time

     D
The night is so cold and life is so old
                               G    D
And the wind is now heavy with day dreams
      A
And I hold your hand to the music
                            G    D
And we think of the days of our youth

                         
Every year at this time, our feet feel so inclined
                               G    D
And we hear those old musical memories
     A                 
We slip thru this dance
                                 G           D
Like the first time we started falling in love

Chorus:

   D  A  D            G    D    A
This we do, and I am still with you
         D               
And the heart beat still calls

For the annual waltz
          G                A          D
It is our theme song for falling in love

Fiddle Solo
       D
Oh I laughed at you, you laughed at me
                                    G    D
While our  grandchildrens'children have babies
          A                            
Way off in the future, we are long gone
                   G            D
And someone still mentions our names

      D                                     
Old pictures, in books, small shady nooks
                             G   D
Where our descendants learn all about us
         A                           
And the dancing goes on to the fiddle
                        G       D
As they still play the Annual Waltz


Fiddle Solo

Chorus:  This we do, and I am still with you.....