Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
F
Gsus4
C
Down by the river
F
C
that flows by the coal yards
Stand wooden houses
F
G
with shutters torn down
C
Em
There lives a girl everybody
F
C
calls Patches.
F
G
C
of old Shaney Town.
We planned to marry
F
C
when June brought the summer
F
G
I couldn't wait to make patches my bride
C
Em
Now I don't see how
F
C
that ever can happen
My folks say no
Em
F
C
G
and my heart breaks inside
C
Am
F
C
G
Patches, oh what can I do?
F
C
I swear I'll always love you
Am
C
G
C
Ab
So my folks won't let me love you
Db
Gb
Db
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
And pretty Patches,
Gb
Ab
they're watchin' the door
Db
Fm
Gb
She doesn't know that I can
Gb
Absus4
Ab
Db
A
love her no more
D
G
D
I hear a neighbor telling my father
G
A
He says a girl named Patches was found
D
F#m
G
D
Floating face down in that dirty old river
G
A
D
A
D
in old Cheneytown
G
D
I swear I'll always love you
D
Bm
but I'll join you tonight
D
A
D
Hatches, I'm coming to you
A
G
Hatches, I'm coming to you
D
A
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