Lily of the West chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (F major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (A minor) (C major) (G major)
(F major) (A minor)
Verse 1
When first (A minor) I came to Louisville,
(G major) some (F major) pleasure there to (A minor) find
A damsel there from (C major) Lexing
(G major) ton was (A minor) pleasing (G major) to my (A minor) mind
Her (F major) rosy cheeks, her ruby (G major) lips,
like (A minor) arrows pierced my breast
The name she bore was (C major) Flora,
(G major) the (F major) Lily of the (A minor) West
(And the name she bore was (C major) Flora,
(G major) the (F major) Lily of the West) I (A minor) courted lovely Flora, (G major) some (F major) pleasure for to (A minor) find
But she turned un (C major) to another man, (G major)
which (F major) sore distressed my (A minor) mind
She robbed me of my (F major) liber (G major) ty,
de (A minor) prived me off my rest
Then go, my lovely Flora,
(G major) (F major) the Lily of the (A minor) West
(Then go, my lovely Flor (G major) a,
the (F major) Lily of the (A minor) West)
'Way down in yonder (C major) shady
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Verse 2
(G major) grove,
a (F major) man of high de (A minor) gree
Conversing with my (C major) Flora (G major) there,
which seemed (F major) so strange to (A minor) me
And (F major) the answer that she gave to (G major) him,
it (A minor) sore did me oppress
I was betrayed by (C major) Flor (G major) a,
the (F major) Lily of (A minor) the West
(I was betrayed by (C major) Flor (G major) a,
the (F major) Lily of the (A minor) West)
Verse 3
I stepped up to my (C major) rival,
(G major) (F major) dagger in my (A minor) hand
I seized him by the (C major) collar,
(G major) and (F major) boldly made him (A minor) stand
Being (F major) mad by desperation,
(G major) I (A minor) pierced him through the breast
All this for lovely (C major) Flor (G major) a,
(F major) the Lily of (A minor) the West
(This for lovely (C major) Flora,
(G major) the (F major) Lily of the (A minor) West)
I had to stand my (C major) tri (G major) al, I
Verse 4
(F major)
had to make my (A minor) plea
They placed me in the (C major) witness (G major) box,
and (F major) then commenced on (A minor) me
Although she swore my life (G major) away,
de (F major) prived me (A minor) of my rest
Still I love my faithless Flor (G major) a,
the (F major) Lily of the (A minor) West
(Still I love my faithless Flora, (G major)
the (F major) Lily of the West)
(A minor)
Lily of the West
Bob Dylan
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