Chords for Charles Wesley Godwin - "Seneca Creek"
Tempo:
97.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] In the spring of [G] 1949, [C]
[G] that's when I crossed the [A] county line.
saw in [C] Seneca Creek, [G] a girl named Ruth who washed [Am] her feet.
my name was [C] R.C.
that I'd marry [Gm] her with [A] half a carrot.
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[A] In the spring of [G] 1949, [C]
[G] that's when I crossed the [A] county line.
saw in [C] Seneca Creek, [G] a girl named Ruth who washed [Am] her feet.
my name was [C] R.C.
that I'd marry [Gm] her with [A] half a carrot.
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[A] _ _ _ In the spring of [G] 1949, [C] _ _ _
_ [G] that's when I crossed the [A] county line.
_ It's there I saw in [C] Seneca Creek, _ _ [G] a girl named Ruth who washed [Am] her feet.
_ _ I told her my name was [C] R.C.
Ferris, that I'd marry [Gm] her with [A] half a carrot.
_ _ She said, I do, but no [C] stone can reach _ [G] the prettiest shine of this [A] here creek. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The mud was deep and the roads [C] were wide.
_ [G] We'd retreat and then retake [Am] the line.
_ _ _ Korean [Bm] winters had torn [C] me down and killed [G] all the boys from my [A] hometown.
But _ _ I'm coming [G] home, Ruth, [C] my dear.
_ I [Gm] got money in my [G] pocket, don't [A] you fear.
_ _ We'll build a [G] life by Seneca [C] Creek.
_ You'll [G] have everything you'll ever [A] need.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Let's build a home [G] by [F] Seneca Creek _ _ [C] and raise [G] ourselves a [A] family.
[Am] _
_ [C] I'll work on the farm, you'll work [F] the store.
_ We'll [C] have everything [G] we'd ever [A] hoped for. _
_ [C] With the top of a mountain [F] above our heads _ [C] and the roar of [G] Seneca by [A] the bell.
[Am] _
[C] Seneca Creek. _ _
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And sure enough, the [C] hard times came.
_ _ [G] You loved yours, I did [A] the same. _
We made it through the [C]
winter's cold _ [G] and many summers [A] young and old. _ _
_ In 85, the creek [C] did rise, _ _ [G] but it only took the [A] other side. _
The Gandina, Norfolk and South [C] Branch too.
_ _ [G] The house still stood that I'd [A] built for you.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ In 94, [C] when you got sick, _ _ _ [G] we'd make up trips for the [A] hell of it. _
_ Take my [G] hand, Ruth, [C] my dear.
_ _ [G] I'll take you back to N [A].E.A.
_ _ [Am] _
And now you lie on the hill [C] up high, _ _ [G] right beneath the mountain [Am] sky. _ _ _
Seneca Creek [Bm] sings [C] below.
_ _ _ [G] The top of the tree sits a lonely [A] crow. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] We built a home by [F] Seneca Creek _ [C] and raised [G] ourselves a [A] family.
_ I [C]
worked on the [G] farm, you worked the [F] store. _
_ [C] We had everything [G] we'd ever [Am] hoped for.
_ [C] With the top of a mountain above [F] our head _ _ [C] and the roar of Seneca [G]
by the [Am] bell.
_ [C] Seneca Creek.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ In the spring of [G] 1949, [C] _ _ _
_ [G] that's when I crossed the [A] county line.
_ It's there I saw in [C] Seneca Creek, _ _ [G] a girl named Ruth who washed [Am] her feet.
_ _ I told her my name was [C] R.C.
Ferris, that I'd marry [Gm] her with [A] half a carrot.
_ _ She said, I do, but no [C] stone can reach _ [G] the prettiest shine of this [A] here creek. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The mud was deep and the roads [C] were wide.
_ [G] We'd retreat and then retake [Am] the line.
_ _ _ Korean [Bm] winters had torn [C] me down and killed [G] all the boys from my [A] hometown.
But _ _ I'm coming [G] home, Ruth, [C] my dear.
_ I [Gm] got money in my [G] pocket, don't [A] you fear.
_ _ We'll build a [G] life by Seneca [C] Creek.
_ You'll [G] have everything you'll ever [A] need.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Let's build a home [G] by [F] Seneca Creek _ _ [C] and raise [G] ourselves a [A] family.
[Am] _
_ [C] I'll work on the farm, you'll work [F] the store.
_ We'll [C] have everything [G] we'd ever [A] hoped for. _
_ [C] With the top of a mountain [F] above our heads _ [C] and the roar of [G] Seneca by [A] the bell.
[Am] _
[C] Seneca Creek. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
And sure enough, the [C] hard times came.
_ _ [G] You loved yours, I did [A] the same. _
We made it through the [C]
winter's cold _ [G] and many summers [A] young and old. _ _
_ In 85, the creek [C] did rise, _ _ [G] but it only took the [A] other side. _
The Gandina, Norfolk and South [C] Branch too.
_ _ [G] The house still stood that I'd [A] built for you.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ In 94, [C] when you got sick, _ _ _ [G] we'd make up trips for the [A] hell of it. _
_ Take my [G] hand, Ruth, [C] my dear.
_ _ [G] I'll take you back to N [A].E.A.
_ _ [Am] _
And now you lie on the hill [C] up high, _ _ [G] right beneath the mountain [Am] sky. _ _ _
Seneca Creek [Bm] sings [C] below.
_ _ _ [G] The top of the tree sits a lonely [A] crow. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] We built a home by [F] Seneca Creek _ [C] and raised [G] ourselves a [A] family.
_ I [C]
worked on the [G] farm, you worked the [F] store. _
_ [C] We had everything [G] we'd ever [Am] hoped for.
_ [C] With the top of a mountain above [F] our head _ _ [C] and the roar of Seneca [G]
by the [Am] bell.
_ [C] Seneca Creek.
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