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Verse 1
(E minor) Philip Marshall Cates
was born in (G major) Carolina
Went to school (E minor) in (A major) England (E minor)
Philip and Samantha married on his farm
(G major) Before the (E minor) harvest (A major) season
He was schemin' (B major)
His (C major) worshipped father died
a Great War hero
At night (G major) he'd lie in bed and clutch
His silver stars and eagles
He was (B major) schemin' (E minor)
Verse 2
Back abroad in London
Philip Marshall Cates
Had met an old ex (A major) plorer
Who'd climbed (E minor) the Ural Mountains,
crossed Sahara
Dove the oceans, spoke (A major) of more
Oh, he spoke of more (B major)
So one night (C major) Philip abandoned
poor Samantha
Future Smokey Moun (G major) tain old maid
And (C major) as he dark departed, son Lysander
Joined his father as a (G major) stowaway
He spoke of more
(B major)
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Verse 3
But tonight, (C major) don't cry (D major)
For Sam (G major) antha, mother (D major) and bride (E minor) (D major)
As (C major) she holds a (G major) black and
white (A minor) photograph
That (G major) fades (C major) (D major) away
She still (C major) works the farm (D major)
And she re (G major) members her
(D major) baby in her arm (E minor) s (D major)
The (C major) babe that left her (G major) barren
And the (A minor) man that drove her early (D major) grey
And they (C major) all take respite in
The (B minor) thought of coming home
Interlude 1
one day
(E minor) (A major)
(E minor) (A major) (E minor)
Verse 4
(E minor) Philip and Lysander carried south
(G major) To work for merchant (E minor) s out (A major) of Quito
(E minor) Son translated, father wore a (G major) gun
And fended (E minor) off (A major) banditos
He grew (B major) weak though
Then in eighteen (C major) years they worked
Every job from here to Argentina (G major)
(C major) Every woman a distortion of
The last time they had (G major) seen her
He grew (B major) weak though
Verse 5
But tonight, (C major) don't cry (D major)
For Sam (G major) antha, (D major) mother (G major) and bride (E minor)
As (C major) she holds a (G major) black and
(C major) white (A minor) photograph
That (G major) fades (D major) away
She still works (C major) the farm (D major)
And she re (G major) members her
(D major) baby in her arm (E minor) s
(D major) The (C major) babe that left her (G major) barren
And the (A minor) man that drove her early (D major) grey
And they (C major) all take respite in
The (B minor) thought of coming home one day
Interlude 2
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) (A major) (E minor)
(D major) (G major) (A major) (A minor)
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(A minor) (C major) (D major) (C major) (E minor)
(C major) (A minor) (D major) (C major)
(B minor) (B major) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (A major)
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Verse 6
(E minor) Old Lysander Cates spent
over thirty months
In travel north to (A major) Raleigh
(E minor) Gasping when he saw Samantha
Bed- ridden, rheumatized and (A major) gnarly
He said "I'm sorry (B major)
"It's been sev (C major) en years since
father was gunned down
"By gauchos out to rob (G major) our cocaine
"And when I (C major) got out of jail for
killing every last one
"I started home (G major) again
"Oh, Mother I'm sorry (B major) "
(E minor) Old Samantha Cates was
buried (G major) in
The shadow of the (D major) church bell (A major) tower
And (E minor) when he took his life (G major)
Lysander's body
Landed there amongst (D major) her (A major) flowers
But to (D major) night,
Verse 7
(C major) don't cry (D major)
For Sam (G major) antha, mother (D major) an (E minor) d bride (D major)
As (C major) she holds a (G major) black and
white photograph (A minor)
That's (G major) faded (D major) away
She still (C major) works the farm (D major)
And her baby (G major) has (D major) outgrown
her (E minor) arms (D major)
The fields (C major) are never (G major) barren and
The men (A minor) come in for (G major) supper
(A minor) (D major) after a long hard day
And they (C major) all take respite in the (B minor) thought
Outro 1
of coming home
(B minor) (B minor) (D major) (E minor) (A major)
(E minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Philip Marshall Cates
Grover Anderson
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