Chords for I'm Crying - Lucinda Williams

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_ _ _ _ _ I'm crying for the mother [C] who lost her only [E] son
_ Barely sixteen years of age, [B] they forced her car gone
_ [E] Across bloody _ [C] battlefields, under the [E] raging sun
I'm crying for the mother [C] who lost her [E] only son
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I'm crying for the father [C] who lost his baby [E] child
_ Mankind, they carried him off [B] to work this cotton field
[E] Said if you don't mind me boy, [C] I'll whip your little [E] thigh
I'm crying for the father who [C] lost his [E] baby child _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm crying for the sister [C] who lost her loving [E] man
Carried him off [Em] in the dark of night, [B] hung him from a limb
[E] He couldn't see the faces, but [C] we knew it was [E] them
I'm crying for the sister [C] who lost her _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ love
Crying for the brother [C] who couldn't see the [E] light
They burned down our cornfields and [B] stole our livestock
[E] We joined up in a rich man's [C] war when we knew it was a poor man's [E] fight
I'm crying for the brother who couldn't see [E] the light _
I'm crying [Em] for the mother [C] who lost her [E] only son
I'm crying for the father who [B] lost his baby child
I'm crying for the sister [C] who lost her [E] loving man
I'm crying for the brother [C] who couldn't see [Em] the light
_ _ I'm crying for the mother, I'm crying for the father
I'm crying for the sister, [E] I'm crying for the brother
I'm crying, _ _ I'm crying, _ _ I'm crying, _ _ I'm crying _ _
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