G                       C                       G                   
On the banks of the river where the willow hang down
                         Em   C                    G
Where the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound
            Em   C                      G
Down in the hollow where the water runs cold
                     F      C                      G
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told

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Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face
               Em       C           G 
And the past I remember time cannot erase
               Em       C                 G
The letter you wrote me it was written in shame
                     F          C              G
And I know that your conscience still echos my name

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Now the nights are so lonely lord sorrow runs deep
           Em  C                      G
Nothing is worse than a night without sleep
           Em  C                 G
I walk out alone and look at the sky
             F  C                 G
Too empty to sing too lonesome to cry

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Now if the ladies were blackbirds if the ladies were thrushes
                  Em  C                    G
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes
                    Em    C                        G
If the ladies were squirrels  with them high bushy tails
                F    C                    G
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails
                F    C                    G
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails