Ballad Of Geraldine Chords by Donovan

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Oh, _ _ I was born [D#m]
with a [B] name Geraldine _ With _ _ _ hair cold black as a raven
_ I _ _ _ traveled my life [F#] [B] without a care _ How _ but all [F#] my love [B] I was saving _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, the winds blew high [F#] and the [B] trees did sway _ _ _ Not _ much from life was I asking _ _ _
Till _ I met someone [F#] to give [B] all my love All _ _ my love [F#] so [B] long and lasting _
_ _ _ _ All good were the parts [D#m] we played [B] in our game _ And _ _ _ a long ways off was tomorrow
_ _ _ But _ my love was a [F#] rambler and a restless [B] as the sea
_ _ And _ _ in [F#] the tide [B] came sorrow _ Oh, _ _ a child of the night [D#m] is [B] gone to be born _ _ _ _ _
I can't explain my confusion _ _ _ _ _ Is my love thinking [F#] to marry [B] me at all? _ _ _
_ Or of the [D#m] freedom he thinks [B] he'll be losing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ I sit with my [D#m] friends in the [B] gay crowded room _
_ _ _ _ My friends they're smoking and talking _ _ _ But _ it all seems so [F#] empty, my love [B] is not there
_ So _ _ I'll go into [F#] the [B] streets a-walking _ My _ _ _ baby is a [F#]-growing as a [B]-growing it must _ _ _ _ _
If I were to lose it, it would grieve _ me _ _ My love is so helpless [D#m] and I'm wondering [B] what to do _ _ _
_ _ Oh, [F#] how I [B] yearn to help him _ _ _ _ _ Oh, we could go [A#] to the [B] land of your choice _ _
_ _ _ Where the false shame won't come knocking at our door
_ _ I've _ _ a feeling in my heart [F#] and it's crushing [B] all my hope
I _ _ _ think [F#] I'm gonna be [B] hurt some more _ _ _
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_ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, I was born [F#] with a name [B] Geraldine _ _ With _ _ hair cold black as a raven
_ _ I _ _ traveled [E] my [B] [F#] life without [B] any care _ _ _ _ But all [F#] my _ love [B] I was saving
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