Rock Salt & Nails Chords by J.D. Crowe & The New South

_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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On the banks of the river, _ _ _ _ where the willows hang down, _ _ _ _
And the wild birds [C#m] all warble, _ _ _ _ _
[A] with a low [E] moaning sound,
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Down in [C#m] the hollow, _ _ _ _ _ where [A] the waters [E] run _ cold,
_ _ _ It was there I first [A] _ listened, _ _ _ _ to the lies that you [E] _ told.
_ _ _ _ Now I lie on my _ bed, _ _ _ _ and I see your sweet _ _ face,
_ _ _ The past I [G#m] remember, _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ time [A] cannot [E] _ erase, _
_ _ _ _ The letter you [C#m] wrote _ me, _ _ _ [A] it was written [E] in _ _ _ shame,
_ _ And [A] I know that your conscience, _ _ _ _ _ [E] still echoes my name.
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[A] _ [G#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[G#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now the nights are so long, _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord sorrow runs _ deep,
_ _ And _ nothing _ [C#m] is _ _ _ _ worse, than [A] a night [E] without _ sleep, _ _ _ _
I walk [C#m] out _ _ alone, _ _ _ _ [A] and look at the [E] _ sky,
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Too empty to [A] _ [B] sing, _ _ [A] _ _ _
too [E] lonesome to cry,
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If the ladies were _ _ blackbirds, _ _ _ and the ladies were _ _ _ thrushes, _ _
I'd lie there [G#m] for _ _
[C#m] hours, _ _ _ [A] in the chilly [E] cold _ _ _ _ marshes, _
If the ladies [C#m] were _ _ _ _ _ _ squirrels, [A] with the high [E] bushy _ tails, _ _ _ _
I'd fill [A] up my shotgun, _ _ _ _ _
with [C#m] rock salt [E] and nails. _ _ _ _ _
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