Prisoner's Farewell chords by The Delmore Brothers

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (C major) Sweetheart, a prisoner's last  (G major) letter
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I have to send to you today  (C major) 
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But when you read these lines of  (G major) sorrow
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My soul will then have passed away  (C major) 
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For at the dawn of day tomor (G major) row,
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I then will pay for my mis (C major) take.
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God gave me courage for this  (G major) message,
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I've realized my sin to  (C major) reign.
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I'll let a  (F major) deer in from a  (C major) prisoner,
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don't shed a  (F major) tear when I am  (C major) gone.
I've troubled you too much already
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 (G major) I hate to leave you all alone  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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As if in dreams I see you  (G major) smiling
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Your pretty eye (E major) s  (G major) are  (B major) like a  (C major) song
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You warned me,  (B major) darling, now  (C major) I'm  (G major) pining
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You knew that I  (E major) was  (B major) do ing wrong  (C major) 
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Outside the shad (B major) ows now I'm  (G major) falling
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They circle me, complete my  (C major) life
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I'll soon be gone, and when I'm  (G major) dying
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I'll think of you  (E major) an  (G major) d   (C major) pay the price  (G major)  (C major) 
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I hear the guard outside my  (G major) window,
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and on his rams he sleeps so  (C major) slow.
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It seems he's trying me to comfort,  (G major) 
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it seems he hates to see me  (C major) go.
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Please take this message to my  (G major) mother
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And give her all  (E major)  (G major) my love and  (C major) cheer
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This final message now I'm  (G major) writing
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To the I'll al (E major) ways  (G major)  (C major) love so dear
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A letter,  (F major) dear, and from a  (C major) prisoner
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Don't shed a  (F major) tear when I am  (C major) gone
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I trouble you too much  (B major) already,  (G major) 
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I hate to leave you  (C major) all alone.