Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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Oh, Riley stole a stallion
But they caught him and they
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brought him back
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in the jailhouse ground
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With an iron chain around his neck
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When Riley's daughter got a message
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That her father was going to hang
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With gold an d silver in her hand
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When the judge saw Riley's daughter
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in his head
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Saying gold will never free your father
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The price, dear, is you instead
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Oh, I'm as good as dead, cried Riley
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And my skin will surely crawl,
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Get on your horse and ride away
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Oh father, you will surely die
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If I don't take the chance to try
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And pay the price,
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and I'll take your advice
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I will have to stay
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The gallows shadows shook the evening
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In the night, hound dog, baby
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In the night the grounds was groanin'
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In the night the price was paid
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To find that the judge had never spoken
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She saw that hanging branch abandoned
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She saw her father's body broken
These be seven curses
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only judge so cruel
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That one doctor can't save him
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That two healers cannot heal him
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And that three eyes cannot see him
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That four ears cannot hear him
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That five walls cannot hide him
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It's six diggers, cannot buy him
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And it's seven deaths, she'll never kill him
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab Fm Bb Fsus4
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