Ambrose Larsen chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(A minor) Eg veit i himmer i kaj borg,
Oskin som sol i (F major) klare,
(A minor) Der er ikkje synder eller (C major) sorg,
Der er ikkje gråt (A minor) og tåre. (G major) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor)
(F major)
(G major) (A minor) (F major) (E minor)
(A minor) My name is
Ambrose
Larson
From the
(C major) Bergen (G major) shore (A minor) I've come
I've been cheated for (G major) my wages
Could (F major) n't speak the native (E major) tongue
My (C major) wi fe and child are (F major) terrified
Of these
Midwestern storms
(G major) But we (A minor) sett le dow (F major) n in
(G major) Lime
Creek
Next (F major) to
Jim
(E major) Coon, his (A minor) farm. (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(D minor) (C major) (A minor) (G major)
(F major) (G major) (A minor)
The blackbirds and the locusts
Destroyed (C major) our corn and (A minor) wheat.
The hawks they ate the (G major) chickens,
the (F major) wolves or mutton meat
(A minor) Wit (C major) h traps and clothes and (D minor) shotguns load,
we (E minor) fought (F major) this all while (G major) ground
Our (A minor) children caught a fever,
(G major) (F major) but now doctors they're (A minor) around
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
(E minor) Man
Norway (A minor)
(G major) Bible (F major) in my (E minor) hand,
(D minor) Ame rican
Primitive
(A minor) Man
I married
Bridget
O'Malley, she's
(C major) Grace
(E minor) O'Malley's (A minor) kin
That pirate queen from the
Isle of
(C major) Clare who (F major) led two hundred (E major) men
Invin (C major) cible on (D minor) land and sea was (C major) the
O'Mal (F major) ley cry
(G major) Her (A minor) spi rits (F major) in my (G major) children's blood,
they'll (F major) prosper he (E minor) re or (A minor) die
I learned to plow a decent row,
make candles, (E minor) knives and (A minor) gloves
And how to balance misery (G major) with
(F major) Go d's eternal lo (E major) ve
Coo (C major) ney taught me (D minor) whiskey craft
and when (C major) hardships (F major) are (G major) extreme
Jim (A minor) and
(F major) I, we (G major) ta ke a sip and
(F major) disappear in (A minor) dreams
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
(E minor) Land
(A minor) Bought my (G major) share of the (F major) promised land,
(D minor) Ame rican
(F major) Primitive
(A minor) Man
American
Primitive
Man,
American
Primitive
(E minor) Land
(E major) Norway (A minor)
(G major) Bible (F major) in my hand,
American pri (D minor) mitive (A minor) man
Outro 1
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(A minor) (D major)
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(B minor) (D major)
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Ambrose Larsen
Tom Russell
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