Chords for On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away

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_ _ Round my _ Indiana [Bb] _ homestead wave the [F] _ _ _
_ cornfields
In my distance the [Bm] lower [C] lands dear [F] and cold _
_ _ [Bb] Often times [F] my thoughts revert to scenes [F] of childhood _
_ _ Where I first received [Bm] my lessons [G] in nature [F] _ school _
_ _ But one [A] thing there is missing from [Dm] the _ picture
_ _ _ [G] Without her face it seems so _ [C] incomplete _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] I long to see [Bb] my mother in [F] the _ doorway
_ _ As she stood there years [G] ago, [Gm] the boy [F] to [Bb] greet _
[F] _ _ Oh the moon it's fair [Em] tonight
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_ _ From [G] the beetles there comes the breath of new [C] mown _ hay
_ _ [F] Through the _ sycamores [A] the _ candlelights [Dm] are _ [Bb] gleaming
_ _ On [F] the banks of [G] the [C] Wabash [F] far away
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_ _ Many years have passed [Bb] since I strolled by [F] the _ _ river
_ A man I wish he'd [Bm] had married [C] by my _ _ _
[F] side
It was there I tried [Bb] to tell her that [F] I loved her
_ It was there I begged [Bm] of her [C] to be [F] my _ [Bb] bride
[F] _ _ _ Long years [A] have passed since I strolled through [Dm] the _ churchyard
_ _ _ [G] She's sleeping there my angel [C] married dear _
[Am] _ _ [C] I [F] loved her but [Bb] she thought I [F] didn't mean it
_ Still I give my future [G] word [Cm] she [F] only _ _ hears
_ Oh the moon it's fair [E] tonight
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ From [G] the beetles there comes the breath of new [C] mown _ hay
_ _ Through the _ sycamores [E] the [Em] candlelights [Dm] are _ [Bb] _
gleaming
_ On [F] the banks of [G] the [C] Wabash far [F] away
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