Leaving Eden Chords by Carolina Chocolate Drops

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_ _ _ _ [Cm] Push now, [A] don't you wake up, [Cm] we'll be leaving [A] at first light.
[Dm] Mama's buying [C] you a _ [Em] mockingbird to lure you [F] through the night.
_ [C] We cross the den [A] by morning, [C] here's a blanket for [Am] you to share.
_ [Dm] They're building [C] down in Georgia, [Em] daddy hears he'll [F] find work there.
[Dm] And the _ [C] mockingbird can't sing [Em] like the [F] crying of a [Dm] dove.
And I can't tell my [C] daughters [Am] all the things that _ I'm scared _ of. _
[F] But I am [C] not afraid of [Em] that bright glory [F] up above.
[Dm] _ Dying's [C] just another [Em] way to leave [F] the _ ones you _ love.
_ _ _ _ [C] No work for the [A] working man, [Am] just [C] one more empty [A] mill.
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Hard [C] times in Rockingham, [Em]
hard times [F] harder still.
_ [C] The crows are [A] in the [Am] kitchen, _ [C] the wolves at [Am] the door.
_ [Dm] Our father's [C] land of Eden [Em] is paradise [F] no _ more.
[Dm] And the mockingbird [C] can't sing [Em] like the crying [F] of a dove.
[Dm] And I can't [C] tell my daughters [A] all the things that I'm [Am] _ scared _ of.
[F] But I am not [C] afraid of that [Em] bright glory [F] up above.
[Dm] _ Dying's [C] just another way [Em] to leave [F] the ones you love.
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_ _ _ [C] My sister [Am] stayed in Eden, [C] her husband's [Am] got some land.
[Dm] An agent [C] for the county [Em] thinks that they might [F] make a stand.
[C] A hard [Am] life of working [C] with nothing [Am] much to show.
[D] [Dm] A long [C] life of living [Em] with nowhere [F] _
to go.
_ [Dm] And the [C] mockingbird can't sing [Em] like the [F] crying of a [Dm] dove.
And I can't [C] tell my daughters [Am] all the things that I'm scared _ _ of.
[F] But I am [C] not afraid of [Em] that bright glory [F] up _ [Dm] above.
Dying's [C] just another [Em] way to leave [F] the ones you love. _ _ _ _
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