Chords for Peter Paul & Mary - Flora ( The Lily Of The West)

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_ _ _ When first I came [Eb] to _ [Bb] _ Louisville, [Eb] My fortune [Fm] there [Cm] to find,
I met a fair [Eb] young [Bb] maiden there, [Eb] Her [Gm] beauty filled my [Cm] mind,
Her rosy [Eb] cheek, her [G] ruby lips, [Cm] They gave my heart no rest.
The name she bore [Eb] was _
[F] Flora, [Fm] _ _ _ The Lily [Cm] of the West.
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I courted [Eb] lovely [Bb] Flora, _ She [Eb] _ [Cm] promised ne'er to go,
_ But soon a tale [Eb] was told [Bb] to me, [Ab] That filled [Gm] my heart [Cm] with woe.
They said she [Eb] meets another [G] _ man, Who holds my [Cm] love in jest,
_ And yet I [Eb] trusted _ [F] Flora, [Fm] _ _ _
_ The Lily of [Cm] the West. _
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_ _ Way down in yonder [Eb] shady [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
grove, [Eb] A [Cm] man of low degree,
_ He spoke unto [Eb] my Flora _ there, And kissed [Gm] her ne'er [Cm] the tree.
_ The answers [Eb] that she gave [G] to him, Like arrows pierced [Cm] my breast.
_ I was betrayed [Eb] by _ [F] Flora, [Fm] _ _
_ [Ab] The Lily of [Cm] the West.
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_ _ I stepped up to [Eb] my [Bb] rival, _ _ [Eb] My dagger [Cm] in my hand,
_ I seized him by [Eb] the collar, And I [Gm] ordered him [Cm] to stand.
All in my _ [Eb] _ [G] desperation, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] I [Gm] stabbed him in [Cm] his breast.
I killed a [Eb] man for [F] Flora, _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ But I [Eb] had to stand, [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I had [F] to [Cm] make love. _
They placed me in a [Bb]
prisoner's dock, [Ab] And [G] then commenced [Cm] on me,
_ Although she swore [Eb] my life [G] _ _ away, _ _ _ [Cm] He bribed [Gm] me of [Cm] my rest.
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The Lily of [Cm] the West. _ _
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