Sam Magee chords by Johnny Horton

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Verse 1

Sam McGee

Verse 2
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There's a valley  (C major) 
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By the ol' North  (F major) Pole
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 (C major) Where ol' Sam McGee
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Died in search of  (G major) gold
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Where ever I wonder  (C major) 
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In memories  (F major) 
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I see  (C major) the  (F major) smoke  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) from
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the  (D major) pipe of Sam  (G major)  (C major) McGee

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Verse 3
G 
We had  (G major) wondered way up there
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above the klondike  (C major) 
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C 
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 (G major) Where  (C major) we found  (G major) the mighty
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mountain made of  (C major) gold
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 (G major) There old Sam he got sick
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and made me promise  (C major) 
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That if he died  (G major) I wouldn't
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leave him in that cold  (C major) 
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 (G major) (That if he died he wouldn't
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leave him in the  (C major) cold)

Verse 4
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The next  (F major) morning he was
cold and stiff and lifeless
So I dragged him forty days
upon upon my sled
'Till I found a pine of? valley
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It was  (G major) there I got the notion in my head
(It was there he got the notion in his head)

Verse 5
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I took out my  (C major) matches and I  (G major) builded  (C major) a  fire  (F major) 
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 (C major) And I  (F major) laid  (C major) old Sam upon the funeral pyre  (G major) 
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He sat up a grin (C major) nin'
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With his pipe in his  (F major) mouth
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He sang  (C major) "Ho,
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ho this  (G major) is mighty like the south"  (C major) 
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(He sang  (F major) "Ho,
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 (C major) ho  (G major) this is mighty like the  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (G major) south")
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The flames  (C major) around him
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had a heavenly  (F major) glow
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 (C major) And  (F major) the Northern  (C major) Lights was
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just one big rain (G major) bow
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He sat there a  (C major) grinnin'
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With his pipe in his  (F major) mouth
He sang "Ho,
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G 
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 (C major) ho  (G major) this is mighty like the south"  (C major) 
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(He sang  (F major) "Ho,
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 (C major) ho this is  (G major) mighty like the south")
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 (C major) 