The Ballad Of Harry & Helen chords by Gary Bennett
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In (A minor) 1896 was born a (C major) West Virginia son.
He did (D major) n't know it then,
but he would go (E major) to Washington.
His (A minor) name was Harry Truman,
but by pure (C major) coincidence,
cause he grew (E major) up to be a mountain man,
but not the president.
(A minor) When Harry was eleven,
his old fam (C major) ily took the train
from the (D major) hills of West Virginia
up into (E major) the Great Cascades.
These (A minor) Tru man men were timbermen,
each (C major) tougher than the next.
They taught (E major) Harry to live off the
land of the Great Northw (A minor) est.
But by 1926
He was in (C major) trouble, run and shine
Harry hiked (D major) up in the woods
Across the Skamani (E major) a County line
When he laid eyes (A minor) on St. Helens
He swore (C major) to the skies above
I'll (E major) be damned I do declare
I believe I am in (A minor) love
He (G major) cussed (C major) more than any sailor
Anybody (G major) ever knew
He'd (F major) drink and fight and he just might
Knock the (E major) hell right out of you
But Harry (C major) looked up at Helen
And said, I'm (F major) never leaving you
Nobody's (A minor) ever gonna take (E major) me
from the (A minor) mountain (G major)
Yeah, I'd (C major) like to see the (G major) man
who could take me (C major) down (A minor)
Never more to roam,
Spirit Lake (C major) was Truman's home
He built (D major) a lodge right next to her,
but he (E major) still felt all alone
So right (A minor) before her eyes
Harry (C major) took a wife,
but she knew (E major) when he looked up at her
She was the true love of his (A minor) life
This Mount St. Helens
Lodge became (C major) quite well -renowned
Cuz (D major) to this sportsman's paradise
came (E major) folks from the world around
For sum (A minor) mertime vacations
city folk (C major) s fled to the hills
by (E major) renting boats and cabins (A minor)
And so on through his life,
Harry lived (C major) in paradise
He had (D major) Helen's natural beauty,
but he (E major) took three mortal wives
One (A minor) Sunday in September,
he laid (C major) Ed na down to rest
In (E major) grief he hollered, Eddie girl,
you were by far the (A minor) best
He (G major) cost (C major) more than any sailor
anybody (G major) ever knew
And without (F major) her there to love him,
he drank (E major) a lot more too
But Harry (C major) looked up at Helen
and said, at least (F major) I still have you
Nobody's ever (A minor) gonna take
me (E major) from the (A minor) mountain
(G major) I'd like (C major) to see the (G major) man
who could take me (C major) down (A minor)
In March of 1980, he was 84 (C major) years old,
Helen had (D major) her reputation
she was want (E major) ing to uphold
(A minor) Stirring from her slumber
with a joke (C major) that shook the earth,
she'd (E major) fight for his attention
with all that she was (A minor) worth see
Helen had a secret
that old Harry (C major) didn't (A minor) know
(C major) his (D major) natural cascaded beauty
was one (E major) hot little volcano
one (A minor) week later to the day
her (C major) temper flared again
you could (E major) see her steam arising
and catching in the (A minor) wind
Harry did not be nice
she had a viol (C major) ent history
he just (D major) took a long drink of whiskey
said she would (E major) n't do that to me
she knows (A minor) how much I love her
so quit telling (C major) me to go
but (E major) day and night she rumbled
how the world was about
to know (A minor) that Harry stayed right
by her local folk (C major) s could
But he (D major) said, in twenty -six,
I swore to her (E major) I'd never leave
(A minor) Everyone from miles around
from (C major) Helen's Fear he ran
The Skamania (E major) County
Law said, Harry, get out while you can (A minor)
The first seven weeks she carried on
While (C major) the whole world looked upon
Humans (D major) steamin' every day
Noth (E major) in' could get in her way
She (A minor) wanted this old mountain man
If (C major) him this was about,
he swore (E major) he'd rather die for her
Than to ever live without (A minor)
So Helen had her wedding
on the (C major) 18th day of May
We watched (D major) it from our front porch
only sev (E major) en miles away
The world (A minor) thought such a tragedy
should nev (C major) er have occurred
But I prefer (E major) to think that Helen
And just made Harry a (A minor) part of her
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The Ballad Of Harry & Helen
Gary Bennett
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