The Angels Laid Him Away Chords by Mississippi John Hurt
Tempo:
119.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G] [C]
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[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
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[G] Angels lay [C] him away,
[G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C]
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[C] [G] Miss Collins weep, Miss [C] Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
[C] [G] Angels [C] lay him away, [G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six feet [F] under the grave,
[C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[G] [C] [G] Oh Bob shot once [C] and Louis shot two, shot poor Collins [F] shot him through and through.
[C] [G] Angels lay [C]
him away, [G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, [C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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Kind friends [C] oh ain't it hard to see poor Louis [F] in a new graveyard.
[C] [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, [G] angels lay [C] him away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave,
[C] [G] angels [C] lay him away.
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[G] Oh they heard [C] that Louis was dead, all the [F] people they dressed in red.
[C]
[G] Angels lay [C] him away,
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] [Gm] angels [C] lay him away.
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[C] [G] [C]
[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son Louis [F] leaving home.
[C] [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, [G]
angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
[C]
[G] Angels lay [C] him away,
[G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C]
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[C] [G]
[C] [G] Miss Collins weep, Miss [C] Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
[C] [G] Angels [C] lay him away, [G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six feet [F] under the grave,
[C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [G] Oh Bob shot once [C] and Louis shot two, shot poor Collins [F] shot him through and through.
[C] [G] Angels lay [C]
him away, [G] angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, [C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [G]
Kind friends [C] oh ain't it hard to see poor Louis [F] in a new graveyard.
[C] [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, [G] angels lay [C] him away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave,
[C] [G] angels [C] lay him away.
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[G] Oh they heard [C] that Louis was dead, all the [F] people they dressed in red.
[C]
[G] Angels lay [C] him away,
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] [Gm] angels [C] lay him away.
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[C]
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[C] [G] [C]
[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son Louis [F] leaving home.
[C] [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, [G]
angels lay him [C] away.
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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_ [G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis _ leaving home.
[C] _ _
[G] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _
_ [G] _ angels lay him [C] away.
_ They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ _
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Miss Collins weep, Miss [C] _ Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
_ [C] _ [G] Angels [C] lay him away, _ _ _ [G] _ angels lay him [C] away.
_ _ They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, _
[C] _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Oh Bob shot once [C] and Louis shot two, shot poor Collins [F] shot him through and through.
_ [C] _ [G] Angels lay [C]
him away, _ _ _ [G] angels lay him [C] away.
_ _ They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, [C] _ _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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Kind _ friends [C] oh ain't it hard to see poor Louis [F] in a new graveyard.
_ [C] _ [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ [G] angels _ lay [C] him away.
_ They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, _
[C] _ [G] angels [C] lay him away. _
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_ _ _ [G] Oh they heard [C] that Louis was dead, _ all the [F] people they dressed in red.
[C] _
[G] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _
[G] _ angels lay [C] him away. _
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ [Gm] angels [C] lay him away.
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[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son Louis [F] _ leaving home.
_ [C] _ [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _ [G] _
angels lay him [C] away. _ _
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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_ [G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis _ leaving home.
[C] _ _
[G] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _
_ [G] _ angels lay him [C] away.
_ They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ _
[G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Miss Collins weep, Miss [C] _ Collins moan, to see her son [F] Louis leaving home.
_ [C] _ [G] Angels [C] lay him away, _ _ _ [G] _ angels lay him [C] away.
_ _ They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, _
[C] _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Oh Bob shot once [C] and Louis shot two, shot poor Collins [F] shot him through and through.
_ [C] _ [G] Angels lay [C]
him away, _ _ _ [G] angels lay him [C] away.
_ _ They laid him six feet [F] under the grave, [C] _ _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Kind _ friends [C] oh ain't it hard to see poor Louis [F] in a new graveyard.
_ [C] _ [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ [G] angels _ lay [C] him away.
_ They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, _
[C] _ [G] angels [C] lay him away. _
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_ _ _ [G] Oh they heard [C] that Louis was dead, _ all the [F] people they dressed in red.
[C] _
[G] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _
[G] _ angels lay [C] him away. _
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ [Gm] angels [C] lay him away.
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[G] Miss Collins weep, [C] Miss Collins moan, to see her son Louis [F] _ leaving home.
_ [C] _ [Gm] Angels lay [C] him away, _ _ _ [G] _
angels lay him [C] away. _ _
They laid him six [F] feet under the grave, [C] _ _ [G] angels lay [C] him away.
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