INTRO: A5 
VERSE ONE 
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When she had twenty years...she turned to her mother 
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Saying mother,...I know that you'll grieve 
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But I've given my soul to St John The Gambler 
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Tomorrow comes time leave. 


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For the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever 
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And dead men lay deep round the door 
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The only salvation thats mine for the asking 
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So mother, think on me no more 

VERSE TWO 
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And winter howled high round the mountains breast 
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And the cold of a thousand snows 
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Lay heaped upon the forests leaf 
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But she dressed in cal -i -co. 


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For a gambler likes his women fancy 
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...,Fancy she would be 
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And the fire of her longing would keep way the cold 
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And her dress was a sight to see. 

VERSE THREE 
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But the road was long beneath her feet. 
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She followed her frozen breath. 
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In search of a certain St John The Gambler 
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Stumbling to her death 


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She heard his laughter right down from the mountains 
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And danced with her mothers tears. 
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To a funeral drone of cal-i-co. 
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Neath the cross of twenty years 

TAG
G5 

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To a funeral drone of ca-li-co 
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Neath the cross of twenty years