Chords for Steve Forbert Lily of the West

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_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ When _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ first I [Ab] came to [Bb] Louisville, _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] [Bb] some pleasure [Cm] _ fortified. _
_ _ _ This damsel there [Ab] from [Bb] _ Lexington _ _ was _
[Ab] pleasing [Bb] to [Cm] my mind. _ _ _
_ _ Her rosy cheeks [Ab] and her [Bb] ruby lips _ _ _ [Ab] like [Bb] arrows [Cm] pierced my breast. _ _
_ They called her [Ab] lovely _ [Bb]
Flora, _ _ _ _ [Ab] the lily [Bb] [Cm] of the _ west. _ _ _
_ I called it lovely [Bb] Flora, _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] some [Bb] pleasure _
[Cm] fortified.
_ _ _ _ But she turned [Ab] into [Bb] another _ _ man, _ _ [Ab] so [Bb] distressed to [Cm] my _ mind.
_ _ She robbed me of [Ab] my _ [Bb] liberty, _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] deprived [Bb] me of my [Cm] rest.
_ _ _ _ _ The name she [Ab] bore was [Bb] Flora, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] the lily [Bb] of [Cm] the _ west.
_ _ Way down in the [Ab] yard a [Bb] shady _ grove, _ _ [Ab] a man [Bb] of [Cm] high degree. _ _ _
_ _ _ Conversing with [Ab] my [Bb] Flora there, _ _ _ [Ab] it seemed [Bb] so [Cm] strange to me. _ _
_ And the answer that [Ab] she [Bb] gave to _ him, _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] so did me [Cm] oppress. _ _ _ _ _
I was [Ab] betrayed by [Bb] _
Flora, _ _ _ _ the lily of [Cm] the west.
_ _ _ I stepped up to [Ab] my [Bb] rival, _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] a [Bb] dagger in [Cm] my _ hand. _ _ _ _
Graveling [Ab] by the [Bb] collar there, _ _ _ a [Ab] _ [Bb] subordinate [Cm] maiden stand.
_ _ _ _ Being in my _ [Ab] _ [Bb] desperation, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I [Bb] pierced and flew [Cm] _
abreast.
_ _ _ _ This I did [Ab] for [Bb] _ Flora, _ _ _ _ [Ab] the [Bb] lily [Cm] of the west.
_ _ _ _ I had to [Ab] stand my [Bb] trial, _ _ _ _ [Ab] I [Bb] had to make [Cm] my plea. _ _
_ _ _ They got me [Ab] in the _ [Bb] witness box _ _ [Ab] and then [Bb] commenced [Cm] on me. _
_ _ _ Although she [Ab] swore my [Bb] life away, _ _ _ _ [Ab]
deprived [Bb] me of [Cm] my rest. _ _
_ _ Still I love my [Bb] _
Flora, _ _ _ _ the lily [Cm] of the west. _ _ _
_ Still I [Ab] love my [Bb] _
Flora, _ _ _ [Ab] the [Bb] lily of [Cm] _ the west. _ _
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