Chords for The Wife of Usher's Well

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_ [G] There lived a wife in [Em]
Usher's well, _ [C] A [Bm] wealthy wife was [Am] she.
_ [D] She had three thousand [G] stoward [Em] sons, And [C] sent them o'er the [D] sea.
_ _ [C] _ [D] They had not [C] been from [D] Usher's well [G] A week, [C] but [D] barely while, _ _
[C] When [D] word came [C] to this [D] gnarling wife [G] That her [C] three [D] sons were _ [G] gone.
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I _ wish [C] no _
_ _ [G] _ _ witnesses, [D] _ _ Nor flashes _ in the flood,
Till my three _ _ [A] sons, _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Bm] In earthly flesh and [D] blood,
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_ [D] _ In earthly [C] flesh [D] and blood. _ _ _ _
_ [G] It fell about [Em] the Martin mass, [C] The [E] nights were [Am] long and dark.
[D] Three sons came home [G] to [Em] Usher's well, [C] Their hats were made [D] of bark,
_ [C] That [D] neither grew [C] in [D] forest green, [G] Nor on [C] any wood [D] it lies.
_ [C] But [D] from the north [C] side of [D] the tree [G] That [C] grows in [D] paradise,
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[D] _ Blow [C] up the fire, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ maidens, Bring [C]
water from the well,
For all my _ house _ _ is this night. _
[Bm] My three sons are [C] well, _ [D] My three sons are _ _ [C] well. _
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_ [G] _ up and crowed [Em] the blood-red cock, [C] And [E] up and crowed [Am] the grey.
[D] The oldest to [G] the youngest [Em]
said, [C] It's time we were [D]
away.
_ [C] But the cock does [D]
crow, And [C] the day doth [D] show,
[G] And the chanter [C] in worm [D] doth jide.
_ [C] And [D] we must go [C] from [D] Usher's well To [G] the [C] gates of _
[D] paradise.
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[D] _ I wish [C] no _ _ [D] witnesses, _ _ _ _ _ _ Nor flashes in [B] the flood,
Till my [N] three sons, _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] In earthly flesh and blood,
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