Chords for Smiley Bates Snow White Dove

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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ They were very very happy their [G] marriage was a gem
[F] Better person to take his pretty wife away from him
With her dying breath he whispered we have everlasting love
And I'll come back to be with you [G] as a little
white [C] dove
Time went by and nothing happened
The dove did not appear [F] the young man fell in love again and married [C] in a year
_ But the day he brought his new bride home [F] the neighbors were to say
[C] A snow white dove come fluttering down [G] upon the [C] snowfall tree _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ There she saw the moon heartbroken in an [G] almost human way
No [F] matter what the weather she would perch there [C] every day _
When the neighbors and the servants [F] now the story they had learned
But [C] in the disguise of this white [G] dove a young wife [C] had returned
_ The new bride heard the story [G] and her nerves began to fail
[F] The young man tried to help her, but it was in [C] all of it
To save his second [F] marriage he knew something must be done
[C] So I donning the next morning he went up with [C] his gun _ _ _ _
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He raised the gun and fired [G] through the leaves so deep and green
[F] The snow white breast turned scarlet and he heard a [C] woman's screams
The dove flew high into the air [F] and disappeared in sight
But as [C] he lay there in slumber [G] a young man died that night
_ Needless no ball three they buried him a [G] lion last repose
[F] Young wife and the servants left for where [C] nobody knows
_ _ Now the big house stands there [F] empty and the garden lies in [C] ruins
But above the young man's grave each year the snowball tree [C] filled _ _ _ _
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They say that no one comes to see [G] that lonely young cat dream
[F] But every year at a certain time a puppet [C] is seen _
And if he's false to the neighbors then they'll [F] tell you what they see
A [C] snow white dove with a scarlet breast [G] perched on the snowball tree
_ There she saw the moon's heart broken in an [G] almost human way
[F] No matter what the weather she will perch there [C] every day
And she sings forlorn and lonely [F] for a love that couldn't last
[C] And you'll hear her cry in anguish [G] for a sad and [C] tragic past
_ Yes, the legend of the snow white dove has been told you better last _ _ _
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