Key: G major
Intro 1
F#
B
C#
F#
Is it
Verse 1
recording now?
Oh, it is.
C#
F#
Well, she met him as she promised
B
I bet Adam's his spring
C#
Expecting some money
F#
Or some other fine thing
No money, no money
B
To fly to the case
C#
I'll have to get married
F#
So there'll be no disgrace
So jump you up on me
B
And away we will ride
C#
To yonder fair country
F#
Where the cool waters glide
She jumped up behind him
B
And away they did ride
C#
To yonder fair country
B
F#
Where the deep waters glide
Now jump you down, old me
B
And I'll tell you my mind
C#
My mom just to drown you,
F#
and to leave you behind
She begged and she pleaded,
B
oh don't take my life
C#
And I will deny you,
F#
and I'll not be your wife
Mother, she kicked and he cuffed her
B
to the worst understand
C#
And he threw her in deep water
F#
that flows through the land
B
They found her poor body the following day
C#
A preacher an d a reverend,
F#
Lord, they all began to pray
Then up spoke her mother
B
with a voice so esteemed
Nobody but John Lewis
C#
F#
could have done such a thing
They traced him up the waters
B
to Judge Charlie's Bend
C#
I'm in jail for killin' a man
F#
Go hang him, go hang him,
B
was at mother's command
C#
And throw him in deep waters
F#
that flows through the land
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# B C#
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