Key: C major
Intro 1
C
Am
F
C
Em
C
Am
F
Csus4
Verse 1
C
an angel from the day
Skin as fair as Lily's hair,
as golden as the corn
Dm
F
They knew that she was special from
She was a mountain angel certified
She was her momma's baby,
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Eb
at everything she tried
and peaceful life
angel 'til he arrived
milled it completely
Fm
F
He lifted her so high he
Fsus2
Cm
Fm
let her drop
Cm
Ab
She
Verse 2
gave up everything for him
that mattered in her life
Fm
All the others that had loved her and she
Ab
Fm
Fsus2
C
vowed to be his wife
She dreamed of bearing children
Am
F
sunshine turned to clouds
C
Em
The wicked handsome stranger left the
Am
F
C
way he came
Em
Am
C
F
Fsus2
F
C
Broke her heart and broke her mind
Am
Em
Am
same
F
C
They say he was the devil
That had come to steal her soul
Em
Am
She never loved another it was told
C
Dm
They say she had a baby
Eb
Ab
So the mountain angel took to the wild
Verse 3
Ab
And ooh, she couldn't take it Years passed and
she had
She waited for him as her beauty faded
before their time
Verse 4
they wouldn't fit
Ab
Fm
Csus4
Beside the tiny grave deep in
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Em
the woods is where she'd sit
Possessed they say by
High a'top the mountain,
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F
C
Looking down upon the town
where she had once been queen
C
Am
F
C
watch the little children play
They'd see the crazy lady
C
Am
C
Am
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C
They say she roamed these hills for years,
wearing not a stitch
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C
The lovely mountain angel now
F
Csus4
C
thought to be a witch
C
Am
F
That you could hear for miles
Am
C
her baby's grave and died
Am
F
And ooh,
Verse 5
She's waiting for the ones
that she adored
Through spring and summer,
Her spirit roams these hills forever more
voices ever more
Oohh, oooo
Oohh, oooo
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