Tecumseh Valley Chords by Townes Van Zandt

[C] [G] .
[C] .
Well the name she gave was [F] .
[C] Caroline, .
[F] the daughter of [C] a miner.
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[F] And her ways were free, and it [Bm] seemed to [A] me, [Am] [G] the sunshine walked [F] beside her.
[C] .
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She'd come from Spencer, [F] .
across [C] the hill.
She .
[F] said her pa had [C] sent her, [F] cause the cold was low.
And soon [G] the [A] snow [Am] would [G] turn the [F] skies to winter.
[C] .
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Well she said she'd come [F] to look for [C] work.
She .
[F] was not seeking [C] favors for [Fm] a dime [F] a day, and a place [Bm] [A] to stay.
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[Am] [G] She turned those hands [F] to labor.
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[G] [C] .
But the times were hard, Lord, [F] and her jobs [C] were few, .
[F] all through Tecumseh [C] Valley.
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[F] she asked around, till a [Bm] job [A] she found, .
[Am] [G] a tending bar at [F] Gypsy Sally's.
[C] .
Well she saved enough [F] to get [C] back home, .
[F] when spring replaced the [C] winter.
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[F] But her dreams were denied, Pa [B] [A] had died.
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[G] Well a word had come down [F] from Spencer.
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[G] [C] .
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So she turned to [G] whoring, [F] out on [C] the streets, .
[F] with all the lust [C] inside her.
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[F] And it was many a man, returned [G] [Am] again, [G] to lay himself [F] beside her.
[C] .
Well they found her down, [G] [F] .
beneath the [C] stairs, .
[F] that led to Gypsy [C] Sally's.
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[F] And in her hand when she died, was an [Em] oath that [Am] cried,.
[G] Fare thee well, Tecumseh [F] Valley.
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[C] .
Well the name she gave, [F] .
was [C] Caroline, .
[F] the daughter [C] of a miner.
And [F] her ways were free, and it [G] seemed [A] to me, [Am] [G] that sunshine walked [F] beside her.
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