Chords for Elizabeth Cotten - Willie

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[A] _ _ _ _ Johnson said [C#m] to Willie, on one Friday night,
[C#] sure you're coming to my father's [D] house,
sure to take your life, [E] ain't it hard, Lord, [A] ain't it hard?
_ _ Willie went to [C#m] his father's house on one Saturday, _
Johnson [E] shot that poor boy, [D] fell up on his knee,
[E] ain't it hard, Lord, ain't [A] it hard?
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_ _ Lord, oh [E] me, oh Lord, oh [C#m] my,
[C#] I shot little Willie, [C#m] Lord, [D] he's bound to die,
ain't it hard, Lord, ain't it [A] hard?
_ _ Oh Lord, [E] oh me, trouble I do see,
[C#] I shot little Willie, [D] Lord, the poor lady's after me,
[E] ain't it hard, Lord, ain't [F#m] it hard?
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[A] _ _ _ [E] Oh Lord, so down, _ how can it be,
[F#] all around my [D] bedside, oh Willie creep,
[E] ain't it hard, Lord, [A] ain't it hard?
_ _ _ [E] Oh Lord, oh me, oh [C#m] Lord, oh my,
[C#] I shot little Willie, Lord, [D] he's bound to die,
ain't [E] it hard, Lord, [A] ain't it hard?
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[E] to the country, get me a drink [C#m] of gin,
[F#] when I [E] got that [D] log, the police put me in,
[C#m] ain't it [A] hard, Lord, ain't it hard? _ _
Rubber tie [C#m] buggy, [A] rubber tie hag, _
[C#] took me to the [D] cemetery, won't bring him back,
[E] ain't it hard, Lord, ain't it [F#m] hard?
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