Flora chords by
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Paul And Mary
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Key: C minor
Intro 1
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Am

Em
Em

Am
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Em
Em

Am
Am

Verse 1
C
C

G
G

When first I came to Louisville,
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C

Am
Am

my fortune there to find,
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C

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G

I met a fair young maiden there,
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F

Em
Em

Am
Am

her beauty filled my mind.
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C

E
E

Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips,
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Am

they gave my heart no rest.
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C

D
D

Dm
Dm

The name she bore was Flora,
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Am

the lily of the west.
Verse 2
Am
Am

C
C

G
G

I courted lovely Flora,
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C

Am
Am

she promised ne'er to go.
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C

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G

But soon a tale was told to me that
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F

Em
Em

Am
Am

filled my heart with woe.
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C

E
E

They said she meets another man
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Am

Em
Em

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who holds my love in jest.
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C

D
D

Dm
Dm

And yet I trusted Flora,
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the lily of the west.
Verse 3
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Am

C
C

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G

'Way down in yonder shady grove,
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C

D
D

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Am

a man of low de gree,
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C

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He spoke unto my Flora there and
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kissed her 'neath a tree.
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The answers that she gave to him
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Am

Em
Em

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like arrows pierced my breast.
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C

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D

Dm
Dm

I was betrayed by Flora,
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Am

the lily of the west.
Verse 4
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Am

C
C

I stepped up to my rival,
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G

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C

D
D

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Am

my dagger in my hand.
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C

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G

I seized him by the collar and
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C

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Em

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I ordered him to stand.
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All in my desperation I
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stabbed him in his breast.
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C

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D

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Dm

I'd killed a man for Flora,
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the lily of the west.
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Em

Am
Am

Verse 5
C
C

G
G

And then I had to stand my trial,
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C

D
D

Am
Am

I had to make my plea.
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C

G
G

They placed me in a pris'ner's dock
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F

C
C

Em
Em

Am
Am

and then commenced on me.
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C

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Although she swore my life away,
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Am

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Em

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deprived me of my rest.
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C

Still I love my faithless Flora,
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D

Dm
Dm

the lily of the
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Am

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