https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XKoRnj9Tec
Sad Violins Song Lyrics and Chords by Red Sovine
Sad Violins
Recorded by Red Sovine
Written by Bun Wilson and Doc Richardson
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Tonight I'm
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back at
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our old
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table in our
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favorite
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way
Where we used to laugh and dance and hear those happy fiddles
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play
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love that she once had for me couldn't
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stand the test of
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time
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fiddles don't sound
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happy seem to
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know that
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she's not
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mine
I hear those sad violins playing
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softly just for
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me
And their crying strings just fit the mood I'm
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in
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hear the happy fiddles that used to
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play for her and
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me
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sad
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lins
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wine once
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sweet and
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gentle now has
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such a bitter
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taste
And I never thought this corner could be such a lonely
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place
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spotlight on the band just turned a
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lonely shade of
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blue
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start to play our
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favorite song in
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memo
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ry of
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you
I hear those sad violins playing
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softly just for
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me
And their crying strings just fit the mood I'm
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hear the happy fiddles that used to
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play for her and
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me
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Sad Violins?
- The song Sad Violins was sang by Red Sovine.
Who is Red Sovine?
- Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine (July 7, 1917 - April 4, 1980) was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck driving songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to music. His most noted examples are "Giddyup Go" (1965) and "Teddy Bear" (1976), both of which topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
