lorene chords by Cal Smith
Verse 1
G
I was just 23 when Lorene married me
C
A good woman's greatest
G
mistake
She was carrying my child but I was
too young and wild
A
D
For the burdens that marriage creates
Verse 2
G
So just like a coward I looked for a way out
C
G
I went where the Slank River flows
C
G
I left her a note inside of my coat
D
G
And quickly walked off down the road
Verse 3
G
Lorene stood and shivered while
they dragged the river
C
G
For the body that was not to be found
I watched from a hill while
they had my funeral
A
From there I could hear
D
every sound
Verse 4
G
There were friends and relations
And they all kept saying what
C
G
shame it was I chose to die
C
But the thing that still haunts me
G
and tears at my conscience
D
Is the sound Lorene made
G
when she cried
Verse 5
C
G
Black velvet lace covered her face
D
But her grieving was too strong to hide
G
Yes, the thing that still haunts me
and tears at my conscience
D
Is the sound Lorene made
G
Ab
when she cried
Verse 6
Ab
After two years of hiding with my
shame locked inside me
Db
Ab
My conscience led me back home
To a small country graveyard
where a plain wooden marker
Bb
Had Lorene's name carved
Eb
next to my own
Verse 7
Ab
Now I stand and shiver at the
banks of the river
Db
Ab
Lorene seems to beckon to me
Db
Death like an old friend
Ab
whispers come on in
Eb
Ab
And I'll put your con science to sleep
Verse 8
Db
Ab
Black velvet lace covered her face
Eb
But her grieving was too strong to hide
Ab
Yes, the thing that still haunts me
and tears at my conscience
Eb
Ab
Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
Verse 9
Ab
As I go under the last I remember
Eb
Is the sound Lorene made
Ab
Db
when she cried
Ab
Eb
lorene
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