John Hartford - Lorena
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My favourite version of this amazing song, written in 1856, and popular during
the American Civil War, Everyone who's anyone in country music has covered it.
The *RIFF* I've included doesn't have to be played, but sounds pretty cool.
If you like this, !! RATE THIS !!
thanks
- flatwound -
LORENA
Dbm = X46654, Ab = 466544
*RIFF* A B
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B|--2---------------4--|
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[VERSE]
Oh, The yeEars creep slowly by, LorAena, The sBnow is on the ground agEain
The sEun's low down the sky, LoArena
The frBost gleams where the flowers have bEeen
But the Dbmheart beats on as warmly Abnow, As wAbhen the summer days were Dbmnigh B
E A *RIFF* B E
Oh, The sun can never dip so low, To be down in affections cloudless sky
INST: AS VERSE E A B E E A B E
Dbm Ab Ab Dbm B E A *RIFF* B E
[VERSE]
A huEndred months have passed, LoArena, Since laBst, I held that hand in mEine
And fEelt, The pulse beat fast, LoArena, Though mBine, Beat faster far than tEhine
A hDbmundred months this flowery AbMay, When Abup that hilly slope we cDbmlimbed B
To waEtch, The dying of the dAay, And hBear, The distant church bells chEime
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Dbm Ab Ab Dbm B E A *RIFF* B E
[VERSE]
We loEved each other then, LoArena, Far mBore than we ever dared to tEell
And wEhat we might have been, LoArena, HBad our loving prospered wEell
DbmThen 'tis past, The years roll Abon, I'll Abnot call up their shadowy Dbmforms B
E A *RIFF* B E
I'll say, To them lost years, Sleep on, Sleep on, Nor heed lifes pelting storms
OUTRO: E A B E