The Ballad of John McCrae - Original Chords by Josh Turner

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On the banks of the [A] Missouri _ Annie [E] washed up [F#] in the [F#m] clay
And they took her [A] to her father _ Told him it [E] was [F#m] John McCray
Now _ _ _ I'm running [A] through the badlands _ [D] _ [E] [F#m] Covering my tracks
_ _ Northward toward [D] [A] Dakota _ With the [E] devil [F#m] on my _ back
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh, _ [A]
the river _ _ flows _ _ _ _ [Bm] To our _ [E]
immortal _ [A] _ home
[C#] Oh, Annie, [F#m] oh my soul _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, I took her down [A] by the stream side
For to make [E] that girl [F#m] my bride And in the folds of her [A] pretty white dress
Lay her [E] father's [F#m] boy in life _ _ _ Well, she pulled that steel [A] blade on me
Told me [E] she would [F#m] take my life So I pushed her [A] into the river _
She went [E] under [F#m] with the tide _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Oh, _ [E] the river _ [A] _ flows _ _ _
_ [Bm] To our _ [E] immortal [F#m] _ _ [A] home [C#] Oh, Annie, [F#m] oh my soul
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Well, the hound dogs, [A] they overtook me Forty [E] miles [F#m] past Hardingtown
And I told that [A] young Douglas Sherriff Boy, [E] you'd better [F#m] shoot me now _ _ _
He said, poor Johnny, [A] by my orders Your [E] life I [F#m] cannot take
And I'll be smiling at [A] your hangings When they [E] lay [F#m] you in the grave _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Oh, _ [E] the river _
[A] _ flows _ _ _ _ [Bm] To our _ [E] immortal _ [A] _
home
[C#] Oh, Annie, [F#m] oh my soul _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _
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_ _ I am standing at the gallows
And the [C#m] scaffold, it is [A] high _ And the hangman, he asked my last words
For [C#m] I'm condemned to [A] die _ _
_ _ [C#m] And [A] I beg God, don't forgive me
For the [E] troubles I have [A] sown For I'll soon see my pretty Annie
In the [E] hellfire [F#m] down below _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh, _ [E]
the river _ [A] _ flows _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ To [E] our immortal _ _ [A] _ home [C#] Oh, [F#m] Annie, oh my soul
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