Chords for Steve Goodman - Spoon River

_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
All [G#m] of the [F#] riverboat gamblers [B] are losing [E] their shirt
[G#m] _ All [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G#m] of the brave [F#m] Union soldier [B] boys sleep in [E] the dirt
[G#m] _ _ [F#m] But _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ you know and I know [F#m] there never [B] was reason [E] to hurt
_ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
When [D#] all [F] of [F#m] our lives were inclined to [A] begin with
Here in Spoon [E] River
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] All of [G#m] the calico [F#m] dresses, [B] the [D#] gingham [E] and play
_ [B] _ Are [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] up [B] in the attic [F#m] with _ [B] Grandfather's _ [E] Derringer cab
_ [G#m] _ There's [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _
words whispered down in [F#m] the hallway, a _ [B] [E] shadowy fade
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _
The _ morning [F#m] is heavy with one [A] more beginning
Here in [E] Spoon River
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_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] [F#m] Come _
_ _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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[B] to the dance [F#m] Mary Perkins, [B] I [C#m] like [B] you [E] right well
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
The [B] Union's preserved, [F#m] if you listen [B] you'll hear all [E] the bad
[G#m] _ _ [A] There _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _
must be a heaven [F#m] the Lord knows [B] I've seen [E] mostly hell
[G#m] _ The [C#] _ _
_ pig [F#m] is outside in [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Spoon River
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] All [B] of the _ [F#m] riverboat gamblers [E] are [C#m] losing [B] their [E] shirt
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] And all [G#m] of the [B] brave Union [F#m] soldier boys [B] sleep in [E] the dirt
[G#m] But _ [A] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] you know and I know [F#m] _
there never was [B] _ reason [E] to hurt
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
When [A] all of our lives were inclined to begin with
Here in [E] Spoon River _
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