Hallie Lonnigan chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(C major) My name is Hallie
Lonnigan I married Walter (F major) Jones
for (C major) better or for worse so said
the Reverend (G major) Dr. Stone (A minor)
but the (F major) better times (C major) are all used up
and the worse times (G major) took control
then (A minor) drinking took my (F major) Walter may
the lord (B flat major) pro (F major) tect his soul
Verse 2
along (C major) with two young kids to raise
out on the western (F major) plains
my children (C major) harmonized with wolves
and sang just (G major) like the (A minor) rain
but (F major) haulin hay and wa (C major) ter were
the desperate daily (G major) facts
and the (A minor) years have carved their (F major) memories
in the muscles (B flat major) of my (F major) back (G major)
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Verse 3
(A minor) Hallie Lonnigan will tell these (G major) truths to (F major) you
hard (C major) times the only times I ever (G major) new
hard (E major) luck's the only horse I ever drew (A minor)
hard (F major) work's the only way (G major)
I made it through (C major)
Verse 4
then I (C major) married for convenience
sake a trader from in (F major) town
a (C major) blacksmith named Charlie Hawk
who'd court me (G major) on his (A minor) rounds
but he'd (F major) paw me like a (C major) wolverine and
there's cheatin' (G major) in his blood
he (A minor) fell upon my (F major) butcher knife
and crawled (B flat major) off through the (F major) mud
Verse 5
well (C major) no one was the wiser when ol
Charlie disappeared (F major)
and (C major) me and them poor children
never shed one (A minor) single tear
we can (F major) run this place (C major) on our own
don't need no (G major) drunks or cheats
and the (A minor) men they step aside (F major) now when I
walk (B flat major) down market street
(F major) (G major)
Verse 6
(A minor) Hallie Lonnigan will tell these (G major) truths to (F major) you
hard (C major) times the only times I ever (G major) new
hard (E major) luck's the only horse I ever drew (A minor)
hard (F major) work's the only way (G major) I made it through (C major)
(A minor) (G major)
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Verse 7
this (C major) land was conquered by brave men
your history books will (F major) say
proud (C major) men upon fast horses
drove the indian away (A minor)
my (F major) name is Hallie (C major) Lonnigan I'll
have you (G major) all to know
that the secret (A minor) of your (F major) history is in
a workin (B flat major) (F major) wo man's soul (G major)
Verse 8
(A minor) Hallie Lonnigan will tell these (G major) truths to (F major) you
hard (C major) times the only times I ever (G major) new
hard (E major) luck's the only horse I ever drew (A minor)
hard (F major) work's the only way (G major)
I made it through (C major)
hard (F major) work's the only way (G major) I made it (C major) through
Hallie Lonnigan
Tom Russell
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