Only The Heartaches Chords by Eamon Mccann

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_ _ _ I left [Bb] my hometown [Eb] one warm [Bb] summer's [Eb] evening, Went down [Ab] to the station [Eb] to catch me [Bb] a train,
[Eb] Rode west through [Bb] Missouri [Eb] and then to [Bb] Wyoming, _ [Eb] And on to [Ab] _ California [Bb] to stake my [Eb] golden claim. _ _
It was there that [Bb] I met her, [Eb] the cause of [Bb] my troubles, _
[Eb] A woman [Ab] with beauty [Eb] for all men [C] to see.
[Eb] She fed me [Bb] rye whiskey, [Eb] she gave me [Bb] six cups, [Eb] Said, fools [Ab] do the digging, [Bb] smart men work [Eb] for me.
_ _ _ There's gold in the mountains, [Ab] gold in the valleys, [Eb] Gold [Cm] in the river [F] and gold in [Bb] the sea.
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[Eb] _ Fortunes are waiting _
[Ab] for a man to claim them, [Eb] But only the heartaches [Bb] are waiting [Eb] for me. _
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She gave me [Bb] her favors, [Eb] I gave her [Bb] my six cups, [Eb] We cheated [Ab] most all of [Eb] the miners [Bb] in town,
[Eb] And those who [Bb] complained that [Eb] she dealt from [Bb] the bottom, [Eb] Were challenged [Ab] to draw and [Bb] were quickly [Eb] shot down.
_ But I'm so tired [Bb] of killing [Eb] for the love of [Bb] this woman, [Eb] The notches [Ab] on my gun [Eb] are twenty and three,
So I'm leaving [Bb] my lover [Eb] the cause of [Bb] my troubles, [Eb] For only [Ab] the heartaches [Bb] were waiting [Eb] for me. _ _
There's gold in the mountains, _
[Ab] gold in the valleys, _
[Eb] Gold [Cm] in the river [F] and gold in [Bb] the sea.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ Fortunes are waiting _ [Ab] for a man to claim them, [Eb] But only the heartaches [Bb] are waiting for me.
_ _ [Dm] But [Eb] _ only the heartaches [Bb] are waiting [Eb] for me.
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