The Banks Of The Ohio chords by Elliott Murphy
Verse 1
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Come my love, let's take a walk
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Just a little while away
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While we walk, along we'll talk
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Talk about our wedding day
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On the sand, that she'll be mine
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In our home, we'll have a happy day
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Down the side, where the waters flow
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Down on the banks, of the old high oil
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I drew my knife across her throat
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And to my breast she gently pressed
Oh please,
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oh please don't murder me
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For I'm unprepared to die, you see
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I'd taken her down
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by her lily -white hand
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I let her down in a bed of sand
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Then I plunged her into the ground
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And watched her as
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she floated down
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Returnin' home between
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twelve and one
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Thinkin' of the deed I done
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I murdered the girl I loved, you see
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Because she would not marry me
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Only say that you'll be mine
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In our home, we'll have to be
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Bound aside where the waters flow
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Down on the banks of the Ohio
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The next day, as I returned home,
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I met the sheriff standing in the door
He said, young man,
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come with me and go
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Down to the banks of the O .R .O.
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Only say you'll be mine
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In our home we'll have the bay
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Down beside where the waters flow
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Down to the banks of the O .R .O.
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Down on the banks of the Ohio
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Down on the banks of the Ohio
Outro 1
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The Banks Of The Ohio
Elliott Murphy
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