Chords for Country Gentlemen, The - Ellen Smith (1960)

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_ _ How was she found?
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Shot [C] through the heart, lying cold on the ground. _
Her claws were scattered and found on the [F] ground.
The blood marks the [C] spot where poor Ellen was found.
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_ _ _ _ They picked up the rifles and hunted me down.
[F] They found [C] me loafing all around the town.
_ They picked up her body and [Am] carried it away.
[F] And now she [C] is sleeping in some lonesome old grave. _
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[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ I read her yesterday, I [Am] read it today.
[F] The flowers on [C] her grave have all faded away. _ _
Someday I'll go home and say it when I [F] go.
On poor [C] Ellen's grave, pretty flowers I'll stow. _
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_ _ _ _ _ I've been in this prison for 20 long [D] years.
Each night I [C] see Ellen through my bitter _ tears.
The warden just told me that soon I'll be free
[F] to go up [C] to her grave, near that old oak [Am] tree. _
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_ _ _ _ _ My days in this prison are ending at [F] last.
I'll never be free from the sins of my past. _
Poor Ellen Smith, how was she [F] found?
Shot [C] through the heart, [D] left cold [C] on the ground. _
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