Scots of the riverina chords by Lee Kernaghan

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) The boy
ran away to the city
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 (E minor) From  (G major) his  (E minor) home at  (A major) Christmas (D major) time
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They were Scots of the Riverin (G major) a
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And to  (E minor) run from home was a  (A major) crime
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The  (G major) old man  (A major) burned his  (D major) letters
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The first  (E minor) and  (A major) last he  (D major) burned
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And he  (G major) scratched his  (A major) name
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from  (D major) the Bible
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When his  (E minor) old wife's  (A major) back was  (D major) turned
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A year went past and an (G major) other
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And the  (E minor) fruit went  (A major) down the  (D major) line
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They heard the boy and  (G major) he whistled,
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but the  (E minor) old man made no  (A major) sound
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His  (G major) name must  (A major) never be  (D major) mentioned
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on the  (E minor) farm by  (A major) Gandhigan
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 (D major) They were  (G major) Scots of the  (A major) Riverin (D major) a,
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With  (E minor) ever the Kirk  (A major) hard  (D major) line.
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The boy came home on  (G major) his final,
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And the  (E minor) township's  (A major) bonfire burned.  (D major) 
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His mother's arms were  (G major) about him,
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but the  (E minor) old man's back was turned
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 (A major) The  (G major) daughters  (A major) begged for par (D major) don,
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till  (E minor) the old man  (A major) raised his  (D major) hand
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I  (G major) scarred off the  (A major) riverin (D major) a,
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it was  (E minor) hard to  (A major) understand
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) The boy
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was killed in  (G major) Flanders
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Where the  (E minor) bravest her (A major) oes died  (D major) 
There were tears at the
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Graham homestead  (G major) 
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And  (E minor) grief in Gandhigar
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 (A major) But the  (G major) old man  (A major) plowed at  (D major) daybreak
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And the  (E minor) old man  (A major) plowed till the  (D major) murk
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There were  (G major) furrows of
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 (A major) pain in  (D major) the orchard
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While his  (E minor) house folk  (A major) went
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to the  (D major) kirk  (B flat major)  (E flat major) 
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The  (A flat major) hurricane lamp in the rafter (E flat major)  (F minor) s
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dimly and  (A flat major) dimly burned  (E flat major) 
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And the old man  (A flat major) died at the table
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When  (F minor) his old  (B flat major) wife's
back was turned
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Face  (A flat major) down on his  (B flat major) bare arms  (E flat major) folded
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He sank  (F minor) with wild  (B flat major) grey  (E flat major) hair
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Outspread  (A flat major) o 'er the  (B flat major) open Bib (E flat major) le
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And a name  (F minor) rewrit (B flat major) ten there  (E flat major) 