Ballad of Annie Palmer chords by
Johnny Cash

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1
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One time I went down to Jamaica
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To a place called Rose
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Hall Plantation
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They grow a lot of sugarcane
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And tomatoes and things at Rose Hall
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Now it used to be
Just a sugarcane plantation
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back
In the days of
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Slavery and they tell stories about the
Place and about the great house at Rose
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Hall, that many, many years ago
There came from the country of
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Haiti a lady named Annie
Palmer who lived in that great
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House there and she
Was the mistress of
the plantation she was
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The boss her word was law well, they tell
A lot of tales about Annie they say she
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Had three husbands, one at a time
I guess but they also tell tales about Annie
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And the slaves there were about 5
000 slaves on the plantation
she had her
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Favorites and she had the ones
That weren't her favorites well
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Down on the sea, there
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Are three tall palm trees
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Waving in the breeze
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And they say that maybe Annie
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Palmer's three
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Husbands are buried under those

Interlude 1

palm trees

Verse 2
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On the island of Jamaica
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Quite a long long time ago
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At Rose Hall Plantation
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Where the ocean breezes blow
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C C 
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G G 
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Lived a girl named Annie Palmer
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The mistress of the place
And the slaves all lived in fear to
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See a frown on Annie's face
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Verse 3
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Where's your husband Annie
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Where's number two and three?
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Are they sleeping beneath the palms
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A A 
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Beside the Caribbean sea?
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G G 
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At night I hear you riding and
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I hear your lovers call
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And I still can feel your presence round
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The great house at Rose Hall

Interlude 2

Verse 4
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Well if you should ever go to see
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The great house at Rose Hall
There's expensive chairs
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G G 
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and china and
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Great paintings on the wall
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They'll show you An
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nie's sitting room
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And the whipping post outside
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G G 
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But they won't let you see the
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Room where Annie's hus
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bands died

Verse 5
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G G 
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Where's your husband Annie
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G G 
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Where's number two and three?
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G G 
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Are they sleeping beneath the palms
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A A 
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D D 
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Beside the Caribbean sea?
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G G 
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At night I hear you riding and
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C C 
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G G 
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I hear your lovers  call
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G G 
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C C 
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And I still can feel your presence round
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The great house at Rose Hall

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