Edelweiss

Renee Dominique

Folk

Ukulele chords and lyrics

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INTRO (chord shape 3, ,2,1,2) or (1&4, ,2,1,2) *Note she uses hawaiian D
		[G]			[D]				[G]		[C5]				[G]		[D]				[Am]		[D]
A |----2--------0--|----2--------3--|----2--------0--|----0-----0-----|
E |---3-3------2-2-|---3-3------3-3-|---3-3------2-2-|---0-0----2-----|
C |-2--------2-----|-2--------0-----|-2--------2-----|-0--------2-----|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------2-----|
 
[G]Edel[D]weiss, [|][G]edel[C5]weiss, [|][G]ev’ry [Em7]morning you [|][Am]greet [D]me. [|]
[G]Small and [D]white, [|][G]clean and [C5]bright, [|][G]you look [D]happy to [|][G]meet me.[|]
[D]Blossom of snow, may you [|][G]bloom and grow [|][C5]bloom and [A]grow for[|][D]ev[D7]er.[|]
[G]Edel[D]weiss, [|][G]edel[C5]weiss, [|][G]bless my [D]homland for[|][G]ever.[|]

[G]	[D]	[|]	[G]	[C5]	[|]	[G]	[Em]	[|]	[Am]	[D7]	[|]

[G]Edel[D]weiss, [|][G]edel[C5]weiss, [|][G]ev’ry [Em7]morning you [|][Am]greet [D]me.[|]
[G]Small and [D]white, [|][G]clean and [C5]bright, [|][G]you look [D]happy to [|][G]meet [Em]me.[|]
[D]Blossom of snow you [|][G]bloom and grow [|][C]bloom and [A7]grow for[|][D7]ever [|]
[G]Edel[D]weiss, [|][G]edel[C5]weiss, [|][G]bless my [D7]homland for[|][G]ever. [|][G]Bless my [D]homeland for [|][G]ever

From the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. It is named after the edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale), a white flower found high in the Alps. Captain von Trapp and his family sing this song as a statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure put upon him to join the navy of Nazi Germany. It is also a goodbye to his beloved homeland, using the flower as a symbol of his loyalty to Austria.