The Girl I Sawed In Half chords by
Paul Burch

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Key: G major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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My mother was a lady,
and my father loved to laugh
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But the girl who really broke my heart
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was the girl I sought in half
She knew that I fancied her,
but I kept it in my heart
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Till her partner died from fever,
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and she had no one to pull the saw
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I  told her that I fancied her,
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and this had been my dream
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Since the day I first saw her show
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with Silas Green from New Orleans
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For a year our romance blossomed,
each night the crowds did cheer
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I yo deled some blues and ballads
and made her disappear
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D D 
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She was my gal,
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C C 
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she wouldn't do me wrong
One night comin' back to our tent
with a bucket of suds
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I spied my gal makin' love
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with a strong man Louie Bub
For many nights they loved away
To them I was a fool by far
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But worst of all, he had the nerve
To try to play my guitar
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G G 
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While they were makin' love
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I  went and pickled his wine
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Then I  did thus, readjust the box
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each night she was shackled and tied
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I called the Louie Bob,
whose crowns were thin as twine
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Would you like to take a turn
to saw that gal of mine?
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She'd been my gal,
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now she was doin' me wrong
That's right
That night the tent was overflowing
And the people gathered round
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Tonight, folks, we have a treat for you
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Louie, would you come on down
Out of his mind on my pickled wine
He never heard the cries
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He thought it all part of the show
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And he had a blindfold on his eyes
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I  called myself a lawyer
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From New Orleans town
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Finishing Flanagan and Ford
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I said, boys, you better sit right down
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I told them my sad story,
the only reason I would allow
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That Louie planned a deed so foul,
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we was drawn bigger crowds
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Now I'm on the road,
and you bet I'll be going far
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But finishing, flying again in four,
made sure I got back my guitar
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It's true but sad,

Outro 1

the girl I saw didn't have

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