Chords for Cal Smith "Molly Ann"

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[G] I'd like to take a piece of [Ab] chalk and make a great big hopscotch [Am] on the sidewalk
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[C] Or sit beneath the shady tree [D] with Molly and her playin' mumble [G] pay _ _ _ _ _
Or play a game of stickball [Ab] in the asphalt streets and knock a big [Am] long home run
[F] And _ _ [C] run so fast and hard until [D] I cried with Charlie horses in [G] my leg _ _ _ _ _
[G] I'd like to go down to the park [Ab] and build a stately [E] castle in [Am] the sandbar
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[C] Or maybe try to skin the cat [D] a few times on the shiny [G] monkey bar _ _ _ _ _
And Molly Ann just might be there [F] to sit and smile [E] and talk across the [Am] seesaw
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[C] But Father Time won't change his [D] mind and turn around and take me [G] back that far
_ _ Sweet [C] Molly Ann _ _ _ _
I've loved you a million sweet times in [G] my life
_ _ And in [D] my _ memories I've tasted that first joyful drink of Mother _
[G] Nature's wine
_ _ _ Life [C] was young then _ and the world was [G] shiny new _
_ _ Youth [Am] was with me then [D] and Molly [G] Ann was too _
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_ _ _ _ [G] I'd like to leap upon the [Ab] wings of time and quickly fly [Am] across the long years
[F] _ _ _ [C] Back to the wondrous nights when [D] she looked up at me with such [G] love in her eyes _
_ _ _ But I was young and foolish [Ab] then, my mind was filled with party [Am] nights and good times
[F] And _ _ [C] I lost Molly Ann [D] somewhere in all the teardrops that I [G] made her cry _
_ _ Sweet Molly Ann
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_ _ _ I've loved you a million sweet times in my [G] mind
And _ [G] in my [D] _ memories I've tasted that first joyful drink of [D] Mother [G] Nature's wine _
_ _ _ [C] Life was young _ then _ and the world was [G] shiny _ new _ _ _
[Am] Youth was with me then [D] and Molly Ann [G] was too
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