Green Grow The Lilacs chords by Tex Ritter

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Verse 1
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 (C major) I  used  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) to have a sweetheart,
but now I've got none
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Since she's gone and left me,  (G major) 
I care not for one
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Since she's  (C major) gone and left me,
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contented  (F major) I'll  (D minor) be
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For  (F major)  (C major) she loves another one bet
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 (D major) ter than  (G major) me.  (C major)  (D major)  (C major) 
Green grow the lilacs,
all sparkling with adieu.
I'm lonely, my darling,
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since I've  (G major) parted with you.
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And  (C major) by the next meeting,
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I  (F major) hope to prove true.  (D minor) 
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 (C major) Chains the green lilacs to the  (D major) red, white,
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and blue.  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (F major)  (D minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) 
I passed my love's window
both early and late
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The look that she gave  (G major) me,  (D major) well,
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it  (G major) made my heart ache
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The  (C major) look that she gave me
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was harmful  (F major) to see  (D minor) 
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But  (F major)  (C major) she loves another
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one bet (D major) ter than  (G major) me  (C major) 
I wrote my love a letter in red rosy lines
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She sent me an answer  (G major) all
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 (D major)  (G major) twisted in twines
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Keep  (C major) your love a letter,
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I  (F major) will keep mine  (D minor) 
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Write  (C major) to your sweetheart,
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and I'll  (D major) write to  (G major) mine  (C major) 
Green grove lilacs all sparkling with the dew I'm lonely,
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my darling, since I've  (G major) parted with you
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And  (C major) by the next meeting,
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I  (F major) hope to prove true  (D minor) 
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We'll  (C major) change the green lilacs to the  (D major) red,
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white  (G major) and blue  (C major) 