The Lily Of The West Chords by Joan Baez

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