Chords for Joan Baez - The Lily Of The West

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_ _ When first I came [Ab] to Louisville, some pleasure there [Bbm] to find. _
[Db] A damsel there from [Abm] Lexington [Gb] was pleasing [Bbm] to my _ mind.
[Gb] Her rosy cheeks, her ruby [Bbm] lips, like arrows pierced my breast.
And the name she bore was [Ab] Flora, _ the Lily [Bbm] of the West. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I courted [Db] lovely [Ab] Flora, some pleasure there [Bbm] to find.
But she turned [Db] unto another man, [Gb] which sore [Bbm] distressed my mind.
[Gb] She robbed me of my [Abm] liberty, _ _ [Bbm] deprived me of my rest.
Then go my lovely [Ab] Flora, the Lily of [Bbm] the _ _ West. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Way down in [Db] yonder shady [Ab] grove, a man of [Bbm] high degree, _
[Db] conversing with my Flora there, [Ebm] it seemed so [Bbm] strange to me.
And the [Gb] answer that she gave [Ab] to him, [Bbm] it sore did me oppress.
I was betrayed by [Ab] _ Flora, [Gb]
the Lily of [Bbm] the West.
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_ _ _ I stepped up to my [Ab] rival, my dagger in my hand.
I [Db] seized him by the collar and [Gb] a bowly [Bbm] bait instead.
_ [Gb] Being led to _ [Abm] desperation, I [Bbm] pierced him in the breast.
Then go my lovely [Ab] Flora, _
[Ebm] the Lily [Bbm] of the _ _ _ West.
_ _ _ I had to [Db] stand my [Ab] trial, I had to make [Bbm] my plea.
They placed [Db] me in the [Abm] criminal box [Gb] and then commenced on [Bbm] me.
[Gb] Although she swore my [Abm] life away, [Bbm] deprived me of my rest,
still I love my faithless [Ab] Flora, [Ebm] the Lily _ of [Bbm] _
the West.
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