Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden Chords

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_ _ _ _ [Cm] Hush now [A] don't you wake up.
[Cm] We'll be leaving [A] at first [Am] light
[Dm] Mama's buying [C] you a mockingbird [Em] to lull you [F] through the night
_ _ [C] Cross the [A] den by morning.
[C] Here's a blanket for [Am] you to share
_ [Dm] They're building [C] down in Georgia.
[Em] Daddy hears he'll [F] find work there
[Dm] And the [C] mockingbird can't sing [Em] like the [F] crying of a [Dm] dove
And I can't tell [C] my daughters [Am] all the things that _ I'm scared _ of
[F] But I'm [C] not afraid of [Em] that bright _ [F] glory up _ [Dm] above
Dying's just [C] another way [Em] to leave [F] the _ ones you love
No _ _ _ _ _ [C]
work for the [A] working man
[Am] Just [C] one more [A] empty mill
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Hard [C] times in Rockingham
[Em]
hard times [F] harder still
_ [C] The crows [A] are in the kitchen
[Am] _ [C] the wolves at [Am] the door
_ [Dm] Our father's [C] land of Eden [Em] is paradise [F] no _ more
[Dm] And the mockingbird [C] can't sing [Em] like the crying [F] of a dove
[Dm] And I can't [C] tell my daughters [A] all the things [Am] that I'm _ scared _ of
[F] But I'm not [C] afraid of that [Em] bright glory [F] up above
[Dm] _ Dying's [C] just another way [Em] to leave [F] the ones you love
[C] My _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] sister [Am] stayed in Eden
[C] Her husband's [Am] got some land
[Dm] An agent [C] for the county [Em] thinks that they might [F] make us _ stand
[C] Hard life [Am] for working with [C] nothing [Am] much to show
[D] _ [Dm] long [C] life leaving [Am] [Em] with nowhere
[F] _ to go
[Dm] And the [C] mockingbird can't sing [Em] like the [F] crying of a [Dm] dove
And I can't [C] tell my daughters [Am] all the things that I'm scared _ _ of
[F] But I'm [C] not afraid of [Em] that bright glory [F] up above
[Dm] _
Dying's [C] just another way [Em] to leave [F] the ones you love _ _ _ _ _
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