Chords for Marty Robbins 'Letter Edged In Black' 'Convict &The Rose.'

[N] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ I was standing by my window yesterday _ [Bb] _ _ morning _ _
_ Without a thought of worry or of [Eb] care _ _ _
_ When I saw the _ postman coming up the [Ab] _ pathway _
_ _ _ With [Bb] such a happy face and jolly [Eb] air
_ _ _ _ He _ rang the bell and whistled as he [Bb] _ _ waited _ _ _
Then he said, good morning to you, [Eb] Jack _ _ _ _
But he little knew [Ebm] the sorrow [G]
he had [Eb] brought [Ab] me _
When he [Bb] handed me a letter _ [Eb] edged in _ black _ _
_ _ With trembling hand I took this letter [Bb] from _ _ _
_ _ _ I broke the seal and this is what it [Eb] said
_ _ _ _ _ Come home, my boy, your dear old [Ab] father _ wants you
_ _ Come [Bb] home, my boy, your dear old _ [Eb] mother's dear
_ _ _ I _ _ bowed my head [Ebm] in [Eb] sorrow and [Bb] in _ _ sadness _
_ The sunshine of my life it all had _ [Eb] flared _
_ _ When the postman brought that letter yesterday _ [Ab] morning _
_ _ Saying, come [Bb] home, my [G] boy, your [Bb] dear old _ [Eb] mother's dear
_ _ _ _ The _ last words your mother ever _
_ [Bb] _ _ uttered _ _
Tell my boy I want him to [Ebm] come _ [Eb] back _ _ _
My eyes are blurred, my poor old heart [Ab] is breaking _ _ _
So I'm [Bb] writing [Ab] you this letter edged in [Eb] _ black _ _
_ _ Forget those angry words that we have [Bb] _ _ _
spoken
_ _ You know I didn't mean them, don't [Ebm] you, [Eb] Jack?
_ _ _ _ May the angels bear as witness I [Ab] am asking
_ _ _ Your _ [Bb]
forgiveness in this letter edged in black
[Ab] _ _ _ _
Within [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ my prison cell [G] so dreary _
_ _ _ Alone _ _ _
_ [Gm] I sit [G] with _ weary [Eb] _ heart
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thinking of my [G] _ lonely _ _ _ darling
_ _ _ From her _ forever _ I [C] must part _ _ _ _ _
A rose she sent me _ [G] as a token _ _
_ _ She sent _ _ it just to light [C] my _ gloom
_ _ _ To tell _ me that her heart [G] was _ broken _ _ _
_ To cheer me _ before I _ meet [C] my doom
_ _ _ _ She _ wrote, _ I took it [G] from the _ _ _ _ garden _
Where _ _ once we [D]
wandered side [Cm] by _ side
_ [C] _ _ _ But _ now you hold no _ hope [G] of _ _ pardon
_ _ [Gm] _
And I [G] _ can never be your [C] bride _
The _ _ _ _ _ _ judge would not believe my [G] _
story
_ _ _ _ The jury _ _ _ said I had [C] to pay _ _ _
_ _ But to _ the rose in _ all its [G] _ _
_ _ glory
_ Not guilty _ is all that I can [C] _ say _ _ _ _
_ Goodbye, _ _ _ sweetheart, _ [G] for in the _ _ morning
_ _ _ I'll meet _ my maker and _
_ [C] _ _ _ repose _
And when _ _ I die at _ [G] daylight _ _ _ dawning
_ _ Against _ _ _ my heart they'll find you [C] _
_ _ rose
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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