Key: G major
Verse 1
G
D
C
G
D
C
G
When
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C
D
I courted a fair maid
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D
I courted her for long,
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G
her love I did not obtain
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C
D
reason or right to complain
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D
C
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D
I rode to see my Nancy,
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D
I rode both day and night
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C
D
I courted dearest Nancy,
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D
my whole heart's to the land
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D
I rode to see my Nancy
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D
and I rode both night and day
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C
D
Till I noticed the stallion
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G
D
C
both white lookin' and gray
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C
and they'd overtaken me
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C
D
They carted me away to
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G
the penitentiary
They opened up the door,
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C
D
G
yes and then they shoved me in
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D
They shaved off my head
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G
D
C
and they cleared away my chin
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D
And they beat me and they banged me,
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G
they fed me on dry beans
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D
Till I wished to my own soul
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D
My hands in my pockets
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C
D
My coat of many colors
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G
D
C
like a Joseph's coat of old
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D
When first on to this country
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D
a stranger I came
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C
D
I courted a fair maid
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G
and Nancy was her name
Outro 1
D
C
G
D
C
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C
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