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( D5  G5 ) (4x)

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I met Annie Ford out on the Great West road,
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soaking through and thumbing for a ride.
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She sat there on her suitcase in her dancing dress
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I would've been a fool to pass her by

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And as we sped accross the night
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We told our stories by the light
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Of the stars that lead us home
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Each time we strayed
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Me and Annie talked till dawn,
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When we reached her old man's farm
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And I said so long; guess I'll be on my way

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I started meeting Annie by the old sawmill,
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Wasting time and drinking in the day
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Courting her was easy with her smile like that
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Loving her was easy in the night

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Well, me and Annie set a date,
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And had a wedding in the spring
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Man, you should've heard that old church choir sing
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It didn't take us very long,
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'till the baby came along
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Well we named him Tom and settled into life

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But at night death came around,
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and Annie left without a sound

( D5  G5 ) (4x)

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But the trouble with this life, is it doesn't last so long
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And your love can be divided overnight.
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Now it's only me and Tom
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Now our wife and mother's gone
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Well I told the Lord ' I just don't think it's right'.

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