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