The Death of Dora Hand

The Death of Dora Hand easy guitar chords by Frank Turner

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  • Verse 1
    Dora 
    Hand 
    was 
    singer 

    in 
    the 
    New 
    York 
    oper
    etta 

    Born 
    into 
    Boston 
    old 
    money, 

    and 
    Paris 
    trained 

    Dressed 
    in 
    black

    she 
    was 
    classic 
    beauty 
    but 
    cursed 
    with 
    constitution 
    sickly 

    She 
    ventured 
    West 
    to 
    breathe 
    the 

    fresh 
    air 
    on 
    the 
    Plains 

    She 
    ended 
    up 
    down 
    in 
    Dodge 
    City, 

    it 
    was 
    cowtown, dry 
    and 
    ugly 

    She 
    hid 
    her 
    past, 

    took 
    Fannie 
    Keenan 
    for 
    a name 

    Took 
    the 
    stage 
    as 
    Vaudeville 
    singer 
    at 

    the 
    Lady 
    Gay 
    and 
    the 
    Alham
    bra 

    The 
    cowboys 
    loved 
    her 
    and 
    she 

    quickly 
    rose 
    to 
    fame 

    Verse 2

    Sing 
    a song, 
    boys, 
    for 
    Dora 
    Hand 

    She 
    brought 
    little 
    beauty 
    to 

    this 
    hard 
    and 
    barren 
    land 

    Doff 
    your 
    caps, 
    boys, 

    though 
    saved 
    or damned 

    For 
    Dora 
    Hand 

    Verse 3

    Now 
    to 
    the 
    Dodge 
    folk 
    she 
    was 
    an 
    Angel 

    They 
    called 
    her 
    "Lady 
    Bountiful" 
    by 
    day, 

    and 
    "Queen 
    Of 
    Fairy 
    Belles" 
    by 
    night 

    She 
    was 
    bringing 
    in 
    good 
    money, 

    so 
    she 
    gave 
    plenty 
    to 
    the 
    needy 

    She 
    sure 
    could 
    sing, 

    but she 
    sure 
    knew 
    her 
    wrong 
    from 
    right 

    Now 
    lovely 
    Dora, 
    she 
    took 
    the 
    fancy 
    of 
    that 
    mayor, 

    James 
    Dog 
    Kelley 

    Like 
    many 
    man 
    before 
    him, 

    he 
    was 
    heard 
    to say 

    "That 
    there 
    Dor
    is 
    beautiful 
    creature, 

    she 
    gives 
    men 
    strange 
    nos
    talgia 

    Dreams 
    of 
    finer 
    things 
    and 
    better 
    days" 

    Verse 4

    So 
    sing 
    a song, 
    boys, 

    for Dora 
    Hand 

    She 
    brought 
    little 
    beauty 
    to 
    this 

    hard 
    and 
    barren 
    land 

    Dream 
    dream, 
    boys, 
    of 
    promised 
    land 

    Of 
    Dora 
    Hand 

    Verse 5

    Now 
    young 
    Spike 
    Kennedy 
    came 
    up 
    from 

    Texas 
    on 
    rolling 
    black 
    thunder 
    cloud 

    He 
    was 
    a-whooping 
    and 
    and 
    a-whoring 
    and 
    and 
    a-drowning 

    in 
    in 
    whiskey 
    like 
    one-man 
    bad 
    bad 
    luck 
    crowd 

    One 
    night 
    he 
    saw 
    Dora 
    singing 
    at 
    the 
    Alhambra 

    and 
    he 
    tried 
    to slip 
    the lady 
    kiss 

    Dog 
    Kelley 
    got 
    angry 
    and 
    he 
    knocked 
    him 
    on 

    his 
    belly 
    with 
    one flick 
    of 
    his 
    Kansas 
    wrist 

    Well 
    now 
    Spike, 
    he 
    got 
    mad 

    He 
    was 
    looking 
    out 
    for 
    blood, 

    he 
    was 
    raging 
    like 
    the 
    Devil's 
    stepson 

    He 
    rode 
    out 
    to 
    the 
    cabin 
    which 
    the 
    mayor 
    used 
    for 

    napping 
    on 
    horse 
    with 
    loaded 
    six-gun 

    He 
    He 
    fired 
    in 
    the dark, 

    but 
    he 
    didn't 
    hit 
    his 
    mark 
    when 
    the 
    bullet 
    went 
    through 
    that 
    wall 

    Kelley 
    wasn't 
    in 
    his 
    bed, 
    lying 
    there 
    in his 
    stead, 

    Dora 
    Hand 
    was 
    killed 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 6
    So 
    the 
    marshals, 
    they 
    raised 
    posse, 

    and 
    they 
    caught 
    up 
    with 
    young 
    Spike 
    Kennedy 

    His 
    daddy 
    bought 
    him 
    free, 

    even 
    though 
    he confessed 

    All 
    Dodge 
    City 
    wept 
    for 
    Dora, 

    every 
    bar 
    closed 
    as 
    they 
    buried 
    her 

    Four 
    hundred 
    cowboys 

    rode 
    her 
    to 
    her 
    rest 

    Verse 7
    Sing 
    a song, 
    boys, 

    with 
    the 
    funeral 
    band 

    We 
    won't 
    see 
    her 
    like 
    again 
    in 

    this 
    hard 
    and 
    barren 
    land 

    Wave 
    her 
    off, 
    boys, 
    to 
    no 
    man's 
    land 

    Dora 
    Hand 

    Our 
    Dora 
    Hand 

    Outro 1

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