The Poor Ditching Boy chords by Fairport Convention
Verse 1
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Was the
Nevada winter so cold and so sad?
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With a river too many to flood?
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The storming wind cut through to my skin
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The cheek cut through to my blood
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I was looking for trouble
to tangle my lines
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When trouble come a -looking for me
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I knew I was standing on
treacherous ground
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But I was sinking too fast to run free
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Em
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With her scheming hide -all away
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Am
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She left me poor enough
The storm and the wind
got through to my skin
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D
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But she got through to me blood
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Cm
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D
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Permanent
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Now I would not be asking, I would not be
be seen either begging
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on a mountain or hill.
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Still I'm petty and I'm
blind with my hands
tied behind,
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D
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but I've neither a mind nor a will.
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Oh, it's bitter the needle
to pull the chain away
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Or he'll always believe what they say
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When they tell him it's hard
to be honest and good
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D
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Does he mind when he doesn't get paid?
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With her steaming
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Em
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I know the way
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She left me
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Born in love
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The storming away
Brought truth to my skin
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But she brought truth to me
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Blood
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With a steaming eye the
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way she left me pouring down
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A storm and a wind
cut through to my skin
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D
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But she comes through to me blind
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The Poor Ditching Boy
Fairport Convention
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