The Girl I Left Behind Me chords by The Chieftains

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