Chords for Townes Van Zandt St John the Gambler

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When [F#m] she had 20 years
But she turned to her [C#] mother _
Saying mother I know
That [C#m] you'll agree _ _ _
[E] But I've given my soul
[F#m] _
[A] to st.
John [C#m] the gambler
_ tomorrow
[F#m] comes time [C#m] to leave _ _ _
[F#m] For the hills cannot hold back my sorrow
[C#m] forever _
[F#m] And dead men lie deep around [C#m] the door
_ Of [E] the only [F#m] salvation that's [A] mine
for [C#m] the asking
So mother [G#m] think on me no [C#m] more _ _ _ _
And [F#m] winter held high
around the
mountains [C#m] _
breaths
[F#m] in the cold
of a thousand [C#m] snow _ _ _
[E] Lay _ heaped [F#m] upon
[A] the _ [C#m] forest sleep
But she dressed [F#] in _
_ Calico
[C#m] _ _ _
[C#] For [F#m] a gambler likes his women _ [C#m] fancy
_ [F#m] _ fancy _
She would [C#m] be _ _
and [E] the fire
[F#m] Of her longing [A] would keep way
[C#m] cold
And her dress was [G#m] a sight
to [C#m] see
But _ _ [F#m] the road was long _
_ _ Beneath [C#m] the feet she [F#m] followed her _ [C#m] frozen breath _ _ _
[E] In search [F#m] of a certain st.
[A] John [C#m] the gambler
_ Stumbling _ [F#m] to [C#m] her death _ _
_ [F#m] She heard his laughter
[F#] right down [C#m] from the mountains [F#m] and
_ Danced with her _ [C#m] mother's tears _ _
[E] To a funeral drone [A] a
_ [C#m] Calico
meet the cross [G#m] of _ [C#m] 20
To _ _
_ [E] a funeral [F#m]
drone
[A] _ _ _ [C#m] Calico meet the cross
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
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