Chords for Clifton Hicks - I'm Dying, Mother - Clawhammer Banjo

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_ _ Once summer eve as the sun was setting, the wind blew soft and cold.
A young _ man lay on a bed of fever and the tears stood in his eyes.
_ I'm dying mother, I'm surely dying.
Thank [G] _ hell is my awful doom.
Oh take my hand and press it tight, for my heart is sad with gloom. _ _
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_ _ _ _ The other night when I left the bedding, the [E] _ _
spirit gave [D] me pain. _
Said not _ _ tonight, but next week only, I must go and dance with the gay. _
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After this I'll get _ converted [G] and be _ a Christian bride. _
[A] But _ alas, too [D] _
late, [B] I've seen the folly of staying.
Not tonight, _ for I'm dying mother, I'm surely dying.
_ [G] Thank hell [D] is my awful doom.
[G] Oh take [D] my hand and press it tight, for my heart is sad with gloom.
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Oh mother dear, go tell my comrades, not to [G] do as I have done.
When the _ spirit calls, do not reject him or put him off in time.
For I'm dying mother, I'm surely dying.
_ Thank _ hell is my awful doom. _
[G] Oh take [D] my hand and press it tight, for my heart is sad with gloom. _
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