Chords for High Noon - Connie Francis 1961

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_ _ This is the story of two men, _ _ one an ex-convict, _ the other a man of honor. _
The ex-convict vowed while in prison to kill the man of honor.
_ I can't be a coward, he says to his fair-haired beauty. _
_ _ _ Do not forsake me, oh my darling, _ _ _ _ _ _ on this our _ wedding day.
_ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] Do [Dm] not forsake [G] me, [C] oh my _ _ [Am] darling, _ _ _ [E] _ wait, _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] wait a long _
_ _ _ [C] time.
I do not know what fate awaits me. _
_ _ _ _ I only know I must [F] be brave. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] Oh, lie [C] a coward, _ _ [F] _ a craven [C] coward.
_ _ [F] Oh, lie [C] a coward _ _ [Dm] in [G]
my [C] _ grave.
_ _ Oh, _ [F] to be torn between love and [C] duty, supposing I lose my fair-haired beauty.
[F] Look at that big hand move _ [C] along, _ near and high and new.
_ [F] He made a _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
mistake [G] if you leave _ me. _
_ [C] _ Do not forsake me, oh my darling. _ _ _ _
_ _ You made that promise [F] as a bride.
[Dm] _ _ [A] _ _
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[D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] Don't _ [F] _ _ _ think [C] of leaving _ [F] _ _ now that I [A] _
[C] need you [Dm] _ [G] by [C] my _ side. _ _ _ _ _ _
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