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The Kingston Trio - Poor Ellen Smith [Intro] E [Chorus]
EPoor Ellen Smith, how was she found? AShot through the Eheart, lyin' F#7dead on the B7ground Her Ebody was mangled and Aall cast aEround An 'AX' marks the Espot where poor BEllen was Efound
[Verse]
EThey picked up her body, carried it away And Anow she's a-Esleepin' in some F#7lonesome old B7grave EWho had the heart and Awho had the Ebrain To F#mshoot my little AEllen on that Bcold lonesome Eplain?
[Chorus]
EPoor Ellen Smith, how was she found? AShot through the Eheart, lyin' F#7dead on the B7ground Her Ebody was mangled and Aall cast aEround An 'AX' marks the Espot where poor BEllen was Efound
[Verse]
EThey picked up their rifles and hunted us down They Afound us a-Eloafing F#7all 'round B7town The Ejudge may convict me and Agod knows he Ecan But F#mI know I Adied as an Binnocent Eman
[Chorus]
EPoor Ellen Smith, how was she found? AShot through the Eheart, lyin' F#7dead on the B7ground Her Ebody was mangled and Aall cast aEround An 'AX' marks the Espot where poor BEllen was Efound
[Verse]
EThe warden has told me that soon I'll be free To Ago to her Egrave near that F#7old willow B7tree I'm Efree from the walls of that Aprison at Elast But I'll F#mnever be Afree from my Bsins from the Epast
[Chorus]
EPoor Ellen Smith, how was she found? AShot through the Eheart, lyin' F#7dead on the B7ground Her Ebody was mangled and Aall cast aEround An 'AX' marks the Espot where poor BEllen was Efound I say, 'AX' marks the Espot where poor F#7Ellen was Efound