Owensboro Chords by Natalie Merchant

_ _ _ Well I lived in a _ town _ _ way down south _ _ _ by the [Bb]
name _ _ of _ _ [F]
Owensboro
_ _ And [C] I worked in [Dm] the mill _ _ [Bb] _ with the rest [F] of the trash
_ [Bb] _ As they're [F] often called, _ [C] _ _ _ [G] as you know
_ _ _ Well we'd [F] rise up _ _ early _ _ in the morning
_ _ _ _ And [Bb] we'd work _ _ _ all day real hard
_ To [C] buy our _ [A] lairs _ [Bb] of wheat [F] and bread
_ _ _ [Bb] By sugar, [C] tea, _ _ _ _ _ and [F] lye _ _ _ _ _
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Well the children they grow, _ _ _ grow up on land _ _ _
With no [Bb] time _ _ to go to [F] school _ _ _ _
[E] Almost [Dm] before _ _ _ [Bb]
they learn to [F] walk
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They learn to [F] _ spin _ [C] _
_ and [F] spool _ _ _ _
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Well the folks in town _ _ _ _ make dress so _ fine
_ _ [Bb] And _ spend _ _ real [F] on me feet
But they would [Dm] hardly _ _ [Bb] look at a [F] factory hand
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With dresses [F] _ like _ [C] _
_ you [F] and me _ _
We let them wear _ _ _ their watches _ fast _
Let them wear [Bb] their gems _ _ _ and [F] pearly strips _
But when [Dm] that _ day [Bb] _
of judgment [F] comes
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The two [F] _ share _ [C] _
their pretty [F] _ face _
But when that [Dm] _ _ day [Bb] _
of judgment [F] comes
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The [F] two share _ [C]
their pretty [F] _ face _ _
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