Ballad of Geraldine Chords by Donovan

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_ _ _ Oh, I was born [F#] with a name [B] Geraldine With _ _ _ _ hair cold black as a raven
I _ _ _ _ traveled my [F#] life without [B] a care _ _ _ _ How but all [F#] my love I [B] was saving _
_ _ _ Oh, the winds blew high [F#] and the [B] trees did sway _ _ Not _ much from life was I asking _
_ Till _ I met someone [F#] to give [B] all my love _ _ _ All my love so [F#] [B] long and lasting _
_ _ _ _ All good were the parts [F#] we played [B] in our game And _ _ _ a long ways off was tomorrow _
But _ _ my love was a [F#] rambler and a restless [B] at sea
_ _ And _ _ in [F#] the [B] tide came sorrow Oh, _ _ a child of the night [D#m] is [B] gone to be born _ _ _ _
I can't explain my confusion Is _ _ _ my love thinking [F#] to [B] marry me at all? _ _ _ _
Or of the freedom [D#m] he [F#] thinks [B] he'll be losing _ I _ _ sit with my friends [D#m] in the [B] gay crowded rooms _ _ _ _
My friend they're smoking and talking _ But _ _ it all seems so empty
[F#] My [B] love is not there So _ _ I'll go [F#] into the streets [B] walking _
My _ _ _ baby is a growing [F#] as a [B] growing it must _ _ _ _ If I were to lose it, it would grieve me
_ _ _ My love is so helpless [D#m] and I'm wondering [B] what to do _ _ _ _
Oh, [F#] how I [B] yearn to help him _ _ _ _ Oh, we could go [D#m] to the land [B] of your choice
_ Where _ _ the false shame won't come knocking at our door _
I've _ _ a feeling in my heart [F#] and it's crushing [B] all my hope
_ _ _ _ I think [F#] I'm gonna be [B] hurt some more
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[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [B] _
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_ _ _ _ Oh, I was born [F#] with a name [B] Geraldine _ With _ _ hair cold black as a raven _
I _ _ traveled [E] my [B] life [F#] without [B] a care _ _ _ _ But all _ [F#] my love [B] I was saving
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