Cedartown, Georgia chords by Waylon Jennings

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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D 
E 
 (E major) I  got a gal in  (D major) Ce dartown Georgia I  (E major) used to
Em 
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A 
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have to walk nearly three miles  (E minor) to court  (D major) her  (A major)  (E major) 
A 
She  (A major) never had much just a
G 
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A 
 (G major) sharecropper's daughter (D major)  (A major) 
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But I mar (F sharp major) ried her and took
her down to New Orleans
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 (B major) Got a little house in the South
French Quarter
E 
Got a job  (E major) tookin' bales
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load them on steamboat  (D major) 
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E 
 (A major)  (E major) I give the seven days
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pay next day  (D major) unbroke
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E 
A 
 (A major)  (E major) When  (A major) she ain't a sleepin' all
G 
D 
day she's a  (G major) primpin'  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 

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Verse 2
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B 
 (F sharp major) Every evenin' when the sun goes down she  (B major) 
starts a swarmin' on Orleans town
E 
 (E major) Walkin' into work this
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mornin'  (E minor) at   (D major) daybreak  (E major) 
I caught her with the tall long dandy
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from  (D major) canebreak (A major)  (E major) 
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As she  (A major) walked right by me and she
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looked right  (G major) through me
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 (A major) 

Verse 3
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I made  (F sharp major) up my mind what I'm a gonna do
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Bb 
 (B major) eased in the pawnshop and bought a  (B flat major) 22
B 
E 
I  (B major) watched  (E major) as the roomclerk gave
D 
A 
E 
them a  (D major) room  (A major) key  (E major) 
A standin' right outside I could
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read Room  (D major)  (A major)  (E major) 23
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 (A major) Tonight I'll put her on a train
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for  (G major) Georgi (D major) a   (A major) 
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Gonna  (F sharp major) be  a lotta kin folks
squallin' and a grieving
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 (B major) Cause that Cedartown gal