Chords for The Girl I left Behind - John Hartford

[D] All right, we're very proud to be here on this Tennessee Banjo Institute video.
And we're proud that you're here, and we think that there's nothing like banjo music.
We spent the better part of our lives playing, trying to play the five-string banjo,
and _ we decided after all this time that the music is not probably going to ever get any more popular than it is right now.
It's a good thing that it doesn't, because if it ever does, we'll have to share it with a whole lot of people we don't know.
Right, Clark?
Yeah.
And right now, not only do we all know each other, but there's a good chance that a lot of us are related.
_ _ [A] Here's a number that dates [D] back to the war between the states. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ the girl I left, the girl I left, the girl I left behind me.
If ever I cross that bridge again, I'll pick her up behind [Bm] me. _ _ _
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[D] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ Last night I slept in a sycamore tree with the wind and the rain all around me.
Tonight I'll sleep in a warm padded bed to the girl I left behind me.
Oh, the girl I left, the girl I left, the girl I left behind me.
If ever I [G] cross that bridge [D] again, I'll pick her up behind me. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Oh, she jumped in bed and she covered up her head and she [A] swore I couldn't find her.
But I knew dang well that she'd lie like hell, so I jumped right in [D] behind her.
Oh, the girl I left, the girl I left, the [G] girl I left behind me.
If ever I cross that [D] bridge again, I'll pick her up behind me. _ _ _ _
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