drunkards doom chords by Vandaveer

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Verse 1
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 (G major) At dawn the day I saw a man
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Stand by  (C major) a grog's  (G major) heath
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His eye (C major) s were sunk, his lips  (G major) were hot
Oh, that's the drunkard clue
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 (E minor) His  (G major) little son stood by his side
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And to  (C major) his father  (G major) said
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Father (C major) , mother  (G major) is sick at home
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And sister cries  (E minor) for bread  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) 
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He rose  (G major) and staggered to the bar
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As oft  (C major) he'd done before  (G major) 
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And to  (C major) the landlord
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Grimly  (G major) said,
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Just fill me one glass more.  (E minor) 
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He  (G major) raised the glass with trembling hand
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And drank  (C major) the liqueur  (G major) red.
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He drank  (C major) while wife and  (G major) children starved
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And sister cried for bread  (E minor) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) 
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The year  (G major) had passed, I went that way
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A her (C major) d stood  (G major) at  (C major) the  (G major) door
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I paused  (C major) to ask an (G major) d  one reply
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The drunkard is no  (E minor) more
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I saw  (G major) the hearse move slowly on,
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no wife  (C major) nor child was  (G major) there,
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for they  (C major) had gone on  (G major) long before
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and left this world of care.  (E minor) 
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Now  (G major) all your men this warning take
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And shun  (C major) the poison bowl  (G major) 
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We'll  (C major) lead you down to hell's  (G major) dark gate
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And ruin your  (D major) lovely  (G major) soul