Lover's Farewell chords by The Carter Family

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Verse 1
C 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) We have met
F 
and we have  (F major) parted
C 
G 
We have spoke  (C major) our last good (G major) bye
C 
You have  (C major) proved to me
F 
 (F major) falsehearted
C 
G 
You may now  (C major) forever  (G major) go
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 2
You have wrecked the
F 
heart I've  (F major) cherished
C 
G 
You have  (C major) doomed me day by day  (G major) 
C 
F 
You are false,  (C major) but I  (F major) forgive you
C 
G 
To for (C major) get you,  (G major) I  cannot stay
C 
 (C major) 

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Verse 3

For I love you, dear, I love you

More than all this world I know

You have proved to me

falsehearted

You may now forever go

Interlude 1

Verse 4

On the river bank I'll loiter

Till I'll see your face once more

Then I'll plunge beneath the water

And I'll land on some far shore

Verse 5
C 
F 
Among  (C major) the trees and bushes  (F major) 
C 
G 
Where the dark  (C major) green willow waves  (G major) 
C 
F 
In the cold  (C major) and silent  (F major) rushes
C 
G 
There you'll find  (C major)  (G major) my lonely grave
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 6
F 
C 
For I  (F major) love you, dear, I love  (C major) you
F 
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F 
C 
More than all  (F major)  (B flat minor)  (F major) this world I know  (C major) 
F 
You have proved to me  (F major) falsehearted
C 
F 
C 
You may now  (C major) forever  (F major)  (C major) go

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) 
F 
Oh, I wish I was white  (F major) marble
C 
G 
Cold and  (C major) white on some far shore  (G major) 
C 
This poor heart  (C major) would
F 
cease from troubling  (F major) 
C 
G 
And I'd feel  (C major)  (G major) the pain no more
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 8
F 
C 
For I love  (F major) you, dear, I love  (C major) you
F 
C 
More than all  (F major) this world I know  (C major) 
F 
You have proved to me false (F major) hearted
C 
You may now  (C major) forever go
C 
 (C major) 