Willy Moore chords by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Willie
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Moore  (G major) was young,
he was scarce twenty -one
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 (C major) When he courted a maiden  (G major) fair
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Her eyes were  (C major) like two dia (G major) monds bright
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And  (C major) raven  (G major) black was  (C major) her  (G major) hair
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Raven black was her hair  (C major) 
I love
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 (G major) Willie more, she told her (C major) self
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Far bet (G major) ter than  (C major) I  (D major) loved  (G major) my life
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For I'd  (C major) much rather die
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than to  (F major) weep and  (C major) cry
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That  (F major) I  never can be his wife  (G major) 
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Never can be his  (C major) wife
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That very  (G major) same  (C major) night,  (D major) 
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 (C major) Sweet
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Annie dis (G major) appeared
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 (C major) To search the coun (G major) try round
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Till at length  (C major) in a brook by
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her  (F major) father's house
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 (C major) The body  (F major) of
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Vanny was found,  (G major) 
The body of
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Vanny was found.  (C major) 
Billy
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Moore  (G major) scarcely spoke than anyone knew,  (C major) 
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 (A minor) Till at  (G major) length from  (A minor) his  (C major) friends  (G major) did part.
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When last  (C major) heard of  (G major) him, he was  (F major) in
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Montreal  (C major) 
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Where he  (G major) died of a  (C major) broken  (G major) heart
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Died of a broken heart  (C major) 