Come Away, Melinda chords by The Weavers

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Verse 1
C 
Em 
C 
Em 
C 
Mommy, Mommy,
Bb 
C 
come and look and see what I have found
A little way away from here
Bb 
Dm 
Gm 
while dig ging in the ground
Eb 
Bb 
Come away, Melinda,
Dm 
come in and close the door
Eb 
Bb 
It's nothing but a picture book
Dm 
Eb 
Gm 
they had before the war
Dm 
C 
Am 
Em 
Am 
Dm 
Em 
Mommy, mommy,
Dm 
Am 
Bb 
come and see, oh, mommy,
C 
come and look.
There's four or five Melinda girls
Bb 
Gm 
inside this picture book.
Eb 
Bb 
Come away, Melinda,
C 
Dm 
come in and close the door.
Eb 
Bb 
There were lots of little girls like you
Dm 
Gm 
before they had the war.
Dm 
Em 
C 
Em 
Am 
war.
Dm 
Mommy, mommy,
Am 
C 
come and see, oh mommy, hurry do.
Here's someone grown up very tall
Dm 
Eb 
who doesn't look like you.
Bb 
Come away, Melinda,
C 
Dm 
come in and close the door.
Eb 
Bb 
Your father was a man like that
C 
Dm 
Gm 
before they had the war.
Dm 
C 
Dm 
C 
Dm 
Em 
Mommy, Mommy,
Dm 
Bb 
Eb 
come and see such things I've never seen.
C 
There's happy faces all around
Bb 
Dm 
Gm 
and all the ground is green.
Eb 
Bb 
Come away, Melinda,
Dm 
come in and close the door.
Eb 
Bb 
That's just the way it used to be
Dm 
Gm 
before they had the war.
Dm 
Em 
Dm 
Eb 
Mommy, Mommy,
Dm 
Bb 
Dm 
come and see and tell me if you can.
C 
Why can't it be the way it was
Dm 
Gm 
before the war began?
Eb 
Bb 
Come away, Melinda,
Dm 
come in and close the door.
Eb 
Bb 
The an  swer lies in yesterday,
Bb 
Dm 
before they had the war.
You