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.
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- flatwound -
LORENA
[VERSE]
Oh, The yeAars creep slowly by, LorDena, The sEnow is on the ground agAain
The sAun's low down the sky, LoDrena
The frEost gleams where the flowers have bAeen
But the F#mheart beats on as warmly C#now, As wC#hen the summer days were F#mnigh E
A D *RIFF* E A
Oh, The sun can never dip so low, To be down in affections cloudless sky
INST: AS VERSE A D E A A D E A
F#m C# C# F#m E A D *RIFF* E A
[VERSE]
A huAndred months have passed, LoDrena, Since laEst, I held that hand in mAine
And fAelt, The pulse beat fast, LoDrena, Though mEine, Beat faster far than tAhine
A hF#mundred months this flowery C#May, When C#up that hilly slope we cF#mlimbed E
To waAtch, The dying of the dDay, And hEear, The distant church bells chAime
INST: AS VERSE A D E A A D E A
F#m C# C# F#m E A D *RIFF* E A
[VERSE]
We loAved each other then, LoDrena, Far mEore than we ever dared to tAell
And wAhat we might have been, LoDrena, HEad our loving prospered wAell
F#mThen 'tis past, The years roll C#on, I'll C#not call up their shadowy F#mforms E
A D *RIFF* E A
I'll say, To them lost years, Sleep on, Sleep on, Nor heed lifes pelting storms
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