Fatal Flower Garden chords by Peggy Seeger

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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It rained,
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it poured, it rained so hard,
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Rained so hard all day
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And all the boys in our school
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Came out to toss and play
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They tossed their ball again so high
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Then again so low
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They tossed into a flower garden
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Where no one was allowed to go
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Up stepped a beautiful lady
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All dressed in yellow and green
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Come in, come in, my pretty little boy
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And fetch your ball again
I won't come in,
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I shan't come in,
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without my playmate's song
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I'll go to my father and tell him about it,
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and that'll cause tears to fall
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She first showed him an apple sleeve,
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then a giggled ring
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Then she showed him a diamond,
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and that enticed him in
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She took him by his lily -white hand
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And led him through the hall
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She put him into an
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outermost room
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Where no one could hear him call
Oh, take these fingerings
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off my fingers
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Smoke them with your breath
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If any of my friends should call for me,
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tell them that I'm at rest.
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Tether the Bible at my head,
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the Testament at my feet.
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If my dear mother should call for me,
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tell her that I'm asleep
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Tether the Bible at my feet,
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the Testament at my head
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If my dear father should call for me
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Tell him that I am dead