Omie Wise Chords by Roscoe Holcomb

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_ [Ab] He tell [Bbm] me no story, _ he tell me no
He tell me the [F] _ _
[Bbm] story of [Eb] little old Mama
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] I tell him no [Bbm] story, _ _ I tell him no
_ [F] How she was deluded _ [Bb] by John Lewis's [Eb] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] lie
She promised to [Bbm] meet _ him in a head of fat and blue brains
[Bb] No money, he would bring her another [Ab] fun time
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[Db] She flew like an [Bbm] eagle _ _ to the head of fat and blue brains
_ _ No money, did he bring her another fun [Eb] time
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[Eb] _ _ [Ab] No money, [Bbm] no money, _ my sweetheart said
His papa behind _ him in words [Eb] made him bleed
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[Eb] She [Bbm] hopped up behind _ him in a way they did
Down by the [Ab] _ [Bbm] river for the day's [Eb] water
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[Bbm] John Lewis, John Lewis, _ _ I'm afraid [Db] of your death
[Eb] I'm afraid [Ab] that you will leave [Bb] my poor body
[Eb] He _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] beat her, he banged her, he drove her round and round
He threw her in a [Ab] _
river, [Bb] where he [Eb] knew she would drown
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_ _ _ _ Two boys was a-fishing _ all on one Sunday morning
[Bb] They found their almost body [Bbm] down by [F] the old mill pond _
They threw the net [Bbm] around her, they carried her to the bank
They drew her from the [Eb] _ [Bb] water, he laid her [Eb] on a plank
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So they sent for John Lewis to come to that place
They put her [F] up before him, he [Eb] knew her face
_ [Bb] I named me John Lewis, _ [Db] my name he did not give me
[Eb] _ All through life, [Bb] I buried the name [Eb] I was only wise
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_ _ You can beat me, you can bang _ me, for I'm the very one
_ I'm true love, buried down [Eb] by the old mill pond
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