Patches chords by Jody Wayne

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major) down by the river
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that  (C major) flows by the coal  (G major) yards
stand wooden houses
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with shutters  (C major) torn down  (D major) 
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 (G major) there lives a girl  (B minor) 
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every (C major) body calls patches  (G major) 
patches my darling
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from  (D major) old shanty town  (G major)  (E flat major) 
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 (A flat major) we  plan to marry
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when  (D flat major) june brought the sum (A flat major) mer
i couldn't wait
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to make patches  (D flat major) my bride  (E flat major) 
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but  (A flat major) now i don't see  (C minor) how
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that  (D flat major) ever can  (A flat major) happen
my folks say no
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and my  (E flat major) heart breaks inside  (A flat major) 
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patches oh what  (E flat major) can i do  (D major) 
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 (D flat major) i   swear i'll  (A flat major) always love you
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but  (D flat major) girls from that place
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Fm 
will just  (A flat major) bring me dis (F minor) grace
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so my  (A flat major) folks won't  (E flat major) let me love  (A flat major)  (E major)  (A major) you
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each night i cry as i  (D major) think of that shanty  (A major) 
and pretty patches will
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watching  (D major) the door  (E major) 
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she  (A major) doesn't know  (C sharp minor) that  (A major) 
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i can't  (D major) go to see  (A major) her
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i just must think that i love  (E major) her no  (A major) more  (F major) 
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 (B flat major) i   hear a neighbor telling  (E flat major)  (C minor) my  father  (B flat major) 
he says a girl named
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patches  (E flat major) was found  (F major) 
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 (B flat major) floating face down  (D minor) in that  (E flat major) dirty old  (B flat major) river
that flows by the coal yards
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in  (F major) old shanty town  (B flat major) 
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patches oh  (F major) what can i do  (E major) 
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 (E flat major) i   swear i'll always  (B flat major) love you
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it  (E flat major) may not be bright
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Gm 
but i'll  (B flat major) join you tonight  (G minor) 
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 (B flat major) patches i'm coming  (F major) to you
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 (B flat major) 