the cremation of sam mcgee

the cremation of sam mcgee easy guitar chords by Seth Boyer

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  • Verse 1
    There 
    are 
    strange 
    things 

    done 
    in 
    the midnight 
    sun 

    By 
    the 
    men 
    who 
    moil 
    for gold; 

    The Arctic 
    trails 
    have 

    their secret 
    tales 

    That would 
    make your 
    blood 

    run 
    cold; 

    The Northern 
    Lights 
    have seen 
    queer 
    sights, 

    But the queerest 
    they 
    e'er 
    did see 

    Was 
    that night 
    on the 
    marge 

    of 
    Lake 
    Lebarge 

    I cremated 
    Sam 
    McGee. 

    Verse 2
    Now Sam 
    McGee was from Tennessee, 

    where 
    the 
    cotton 
    bloom
    s and blows. 

    Why he left 
    his 
    home in 
    the South 

    to roam 
    'round the 
    Pole, 

    God 
    only 
    knows. 

    He 
    was always 
    cold, 

    But the land 
    of 
    gold 
    seemed to hold 

    him like 
    spell; 

    Though he'd 
    often 
    say 

    in 
    his homely 
    way 

    That 
    "he'd sooner 
    live 

    in hell." 

    Verse 3
    And that very 
    night, 

    As we lay 
    packed 
    in 
    tight 
    in 
    our robes 

    beneath 
    the 
    snow, 

    And the dogs 
    were fed, 

    And the stars 
    o'erhead 

    were dancing 
    heel 
    and toe, 

    He 
    turned 
    to me, 

    and "Cap," 
    says 
    he, 

    "I'll cash 
    in 
    this 
    trip, 

    I guess. 
    An
    if I 
    do, 

    Well 
    I ask 
    that you 
    won't 
    refuse 

    my last 
    request." 

    Verse 4
    Well, he 
    seemed 
    so low 

    that I couldn't 
    say no 

    Then 
    he says 
    with 
    a sort 
    of 

    moan: 

    "It's the cursèd cold, 

    and it's 
    got right 
    hold 

    Till I'm chilled 
    clean 
    through 

    to the bone. 

    Yet 'tain't 
    being 

    dead—it's my 
    awful 
    dread 

    Of 
    the icy 
    grave 
    that 
    pains; 

    So I want 
    you 
    to swear 
    that, foul 
    or fair, 


    You'll cremate 
    my 
    last 
    remains." 

    Verse 5
    A pal's 
    last 
    need 
    is a thing 
    to 
    heed, 

    So I swore 
    I would 
    not 
    fail; 

    And we started 
    on 
    at the streak 
    of 
    dawn 

    But 
    God! 
    he 
    looked 
    ghastly 
    pale. 

    He 
    crouched 
    on the sleigh, 

    And he raved 
    all day 
    of 

    his home 
    in 
    Tennessee; 

    An
    d before 
    nightfall 
    corpse 
    was all 

    That 
    was left 
    of Sam 
    McGee. 

    Verse 6
    Some planks 
    I tore 
    from 
    the cabin 
    floor, 

    And I 
    lit 
    the boiler 
    fire; 

    Some coal 
    found 
    that 
    was lying 
    around, 


    And I heaped 
    the fuel 
    higher; 

    The flames 
    just 
    soared, 

    and the 
    furnace 
    roared- 

    Such a blaze 
    you seldom 
    see; 

    And I 
    burrowed 
    a hole 
    in the glow
    ing 
    coal, 

    and I stuffed 
    in 
    Sam 
    McGee. 

    Verse 7
    (I) do 
    not 
    know 

    (How) long 
    in 
    the snow 

    (I) wrestled 
    with 
    grisly 
    fear; 

    But the 
    stars 
    came 
    out 

    And 
    they danced 
    about 
    ere again 

    ventured 
    near; 

    was sick 
    with 
    dread, 

    but 
    I bravely 
    said: 

    "I'll just 
    take 
    peep 
    inside. 

    guess 
    he's 
    cooked, 

    and it's 
    time 
    looked"; 

    ... then the 
    door 
    opened 
    wide. 

    Verse 8
    And 
    there 
    sat 
    Sam, 
    looking 

    cool 
    and 
    calm, 

    In the 
    heart 
    of the 
    furnace 
    roar; 

    And 
    he wore 
    a smile 
    you could 
    see 
    mile, 


    And he said: 
    "Please 
    close 
    that 
    door. 

    It's 
    fine 
    in here, 
    but 
    I greatly 
    fear 

    You'll let 
    in 
    the cold 
    and storm— 

    Since 
    I left 
    Plumtree, 
    down 
    in 
    Tennessee, 

    It's 
    the first 
    time 
    I've 
    been warm." 

    Since 
    I left 
    Plumtree, 
    down in Tennessee, 

    It's 
    the first 
    time 
    I've been 
    warm. 

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