Chords for The Tillers - Willie Dear (Live @ Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2013)

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_ _ _ _ _ Willie dear, [C] you've got a mind to leave me [G] once again
[D] To see your [G] ship upon the [C] shore and freight all [G] loaded in
Oh Lizzie dear, you know that I must ship out [Em] with the crew
[G] Though the river carries me, [C] my heart [G] remains with you
_ Now Willie's [C] ship departed from the docks early [G] next day
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Elizabeth looked on [C] as he floated [G] far away
From the house upon the hill she'd wait and watch the [Em] river bend
[G] For the ship to bring her own true [C] love safely [G] home again _
Well, it toiled [C] aboard the boat for months with hands so [G] rough and raw
[D] She waited for a letter [C] as the sun did [G] rise and fall
Until one day she saw the smoke and heard the [Em] hissing steam
[G] The weary ship returning [C] from the haul to [G] New Orleans
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_ _ _ then a [C] loud explosion broke and trembled [G] hills around
[D] Her eyes so wide in horror [C] as the tears come [G] pouring down
[D] About a stern the ship did burn, she heard the [Em] sailors cry
[G] The flaming fire of rapture [C] lighting up the [G] midnight sky
_ Then with a [C] trembling hand upon the pen she [G] wrote for me
[D] This world couldn't show no beauty, [C] with you I [D] cannot [G] be
Oh loneliness I can't endure to drown in [Em] sorrows tight
[G] Oh go to meet my Willie dear [C] upon the [G] other side
_ Next day a ship [C] come rolling in and anchored [G] in the wake
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Aboard was [G] Willie Thompson [C] on arrival [G] one day late
As fast as he could travel [D] and through [Em] the door he broke
[D] And up the stairs he found his [C] darling hanging [D] from a rope
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_ _ _ _ The time did [C] pass for Willie as he walked this [G] world alone
[D] But time stood [G] still upon the [C] hill where sat poor [G] Lizzy's home
And now so still and quiet there stands the open door
The dust upon the window pane and shadows on the floor
It's eighteen [C] stairs to bring her up to [G] the widow's walk
[D] And five windows for to [C] view the rusted [G] steam ship dock
Is Lizzy standing by the chair or is she [Em] in the hall?
[G] Or is she in the corner [C] with a pale face [G] to the wall?
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[D] _ _ [G] _ Oh that girl is a grief, [Em]
girl the girl I left behind [G] me
[C] Girl _ [D]
I [G] left behind _ _ _ _ _
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