Jason Isbell - Tecumseh valley
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Well the name she gave wCadd9as Caroline G Cadd9
Daughter of a Gminer
And her Cadd9ways were free
And it sGeemD/F#ed to Em7me
That sunsDsus2hine walked besiCadd9de her G
[Verse 2]
GShe come from Spencer
Cadd9Across thGe hill
Cadd9She said her pa had seGnt her
'cause the Cadd9coal was low
And soGonD/F# the Em7snow
Would tDsus2urn the sky to wCadd9inter G
[Verse 3]
GShe said she'd come
Cadd9To look for wGork Cadd9
She was not seeking fGavors
And for a Cadd9dime a day
And a GplaD/F#ce to Em7stay
She'd Dsus2turn those hands to Cadd9labor G
[Verse 4]
GBut the times were hard
Cadd9And the jobs were Gfew Cadd9
All through Tecumseh GValley
So she Cadd9asked around
'till a GjobD/F# she fEm7ound
Tending Dsus2bar at Gypsy Cadd9Sally's G
[Verse 5]
GShe saved enough Cadd9to get back hoGme
Cadd9Spring replaced the winGter
But her Cadd9dreams were denied
Her GpaD/F# had dEm7ied
Dsus2Word come down from Cadd9Spencer G
[Verse 6]
GSo she took to walkin' oCadd9ut on the rGoad Cadd9
With all the hate Ginside her
And it was Cadd9many a man
RetuGrnD/F#ed agEm7ain
To Dsus2lay himself beCadd9side her G
[Verse 7]
GWell they found her down bCadd9eneath the stGairs Cadd9
That led to Gypsy GSally's
In her Cadd9hand when she died
Was a nGoteD/F# that Em7cried
Fare thee Dsus2well
Tecumseh Cadd9Valley G
[Verse 8]
GWell the name she gave Cadd9was CarolGine Cadd9
Daughter of a mGiner
And her Cadd9ways were free
And it sGeemD/F#ed to Em7me
The sunsDsus2hine walked beCadd9side her G