The Girl I Left Behind Me chords by The Chieftains

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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On one
morning bright and clear
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To my old home I drew near
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Just a village down in sunny Tennessee
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I'd been speeding on a train
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That would take me home again
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To the girl I left in sunny Tennessee
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As that train drew up at last
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Old familiar scenes of past,
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I kissed my mother at the station door
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With kind friends gathered round,
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smiles on every face I found
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Well, I missed the one that
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I was waiting for
You can hear the children singing
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as she bid farewell to me
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Far across those fields of cotton,
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my old homestead I could see
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As the moon goes in its glory,
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and I told my saddest story
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To the girl I left in sunny
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Tennessee
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I just whispered, mother dear
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Where is Mary, she's not here
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The world grew dark and
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sadness came to me
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She just pointed to the spot
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In a little churchyard lot
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Where Mary sleeps in sunny Tennessee
You could hear the children singing
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as they bid farewell to me
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Far across those fields of cotton,
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my old homestead I could see
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As the moon rose in its glory,
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and I told my saddest story,
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of the girl I left in sunny Tennessee.