Chords for John Prine & RB Morris

_ _ _ Where the air smelled like snakes, [G] and we'd shoot with [D] our fists, _
Killing them people by the bus was [A] all that [D] we'd kill.
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_ [A] Now won't you [D] take me [G] back to _ [D] Newburgh County,
Down by the green river, [A] where I'd be burned to death [D] tonight. _ _
Well I'm sorry about Sam, [G] but it's too late [D] now,
This people had to go [A] training, I won't get in [D] your way.
How about it Jason?
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_ Well the coal company came, [G] we're the world's [D] largest shovel,
They tortured the timber, [A] stripped all [D] the land,
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They picked up all that coal, [G] till the land was forsaken,
They _ wrote it all down, with [A] the progress of [D] man.
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_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Daddy, won't you take me back [G] to Newburgh [D] County,
Down by the green river, where [A] I'd be burned [D] to death tonight.
_ _ Well I'm sorry about Sam, [G] but it's too late now,
This people had to go training, I won't get in your way. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Now when I die with my ashes, [G] floating down the green [A] river,
I'll let my soul roll on up, to the Rochester [D] band. _ _ _
I'll be a half way to heaven, [G] with paradise awaiting,
Just five miles away from, wherever I am. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Daddy, won't you take me back to Newburgh [D]
County,
Down by the green river, [A] where I'd be burned to [D] death tonight.
_ _ Well I'm sorry about Sam, [G] but it's too late now,
_ This people had to go training, I won't get in your way. _ _ _
This people had to go training, [A] I won't get in [D] your way.
_ _ _ This people had to go [A] training, I won't get in your _ _ _ way.
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