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I Killed Sally's Lover chords by
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1

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Somebody get my shotgun
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Somebody get my blade
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Sally's been layin' with another man
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And he's sleeping in my place

Somebody get my shotgun
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Gonna shoot him sure as rain
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You can run as fast as you want to boy
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I'll kill you just the same
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Somebody get my pocket
Verse 2

blade
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Gonna cut him don't you know
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You can try to hide all you

want to boy
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There ain't nowhere to go

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Somebody get my blade
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Sally's been layin' with another man
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And he's sleeping in my place
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Verse 3
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Now Sally don't go thinkin'
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That you got off so clean
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I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
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But I just ain't that mean
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So I go and get my murder tools
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I throw them in the lake
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Gonna steal me an automobile
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And drive so far
Verse 4
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away

Now I am a fugitive
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I'm always on the run
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Sally told the policeman
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Exactly what I'd done

I went and got my shotgun
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I went and got my blade
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Killed poor Sally's lover
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And I put him in the grave.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5

Now all you ramblin' fellas
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You listen close to me
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That woman she gonna

bring you pain
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Your heart is gonna bleed
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But it ain't worth the trouble
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The sufferin' or the grief
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A bleeding heart is better
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than the penitentiary
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I killed ppor Sally's lover
Verse 6

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One dark and dreary day
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Sally got another
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And I got sent away
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Somebody get my shotgun
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Somebody get my blade
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Sally's been laying with another man
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And I set him in his grave
Outro 1
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The original key of I Killed Sally's Lover by The Avett Brothers is G major.

The primary chords used in I Killed Sally's Lover are G, Em, C, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, Em, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of I Killed Sally's Lover is approximately 70 beats per minute.

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