The Slave's Lament chords by Foghorn

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Verse 1
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 (E major) It  (A minor) was in  (E major) sweet Senegal,  (A minor) 
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That my foes  (E major) did me enthrall,
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 (A minor) For  (D minor) the lands of  (A minor) Virginia, Virginia  (E major) o  'er,
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Torn  (A minor) from that lovely shore,
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 (D minor) An  d must nev (A minor) er see  (E major) it more,
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 (A minor) And alas! I am  (E major) weary, weary  (A minor) o   'er.
All on that charming coast,
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Is no bitter  (E major) snow and frost,
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 (D minor) Like the lands of Virginia,  (A minor) Virginia,  (E major) oh!
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Their  (A minor) streams forever flow,
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 (D minor) And the flowers forever  (A minor) glow,
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 (E major) And,  (A minor) alas, I am  (E major) weary, weary,  (A minor) oh
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The  (E major)  (A minor) burden I  (E major) must  (A minor) bear
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While the cruel scourge  (E major) I fear,
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 (A minor) In   (D minor) the lands of Virginia,
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 (A minor) Virginia,  (E major) oh!
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And I think of  (A minor) friends  most dear,
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With a bitter, bitter tear,  (E major) 
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An (A minor) d alas, I  (E major) am weary, weary  (A minor) o   'er.