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I asked what he was thinking but he hadn't much to say

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The revelry died down now, we'd reached the break of day

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God knows it's not for glory, son, we just have to make some room

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Oh, my heart would surely break for you, sweet treasure of my womb

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With four and twenty shillings, we sent him on his way

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Now my blood runs through the mountains

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Of Far Americay



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From a Rocky Mountain mine camp came a message here tonight

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He says the mountain gives him hope these days to break the reach of night

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Says to tell the young ones that he seldom sees the moon

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But the noise would wake the dead out there, he'll send some money soon

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There's light down in those tunnels, Oh, it's gonna' be okay

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My blood slips through the mountains

   D            Am  G/B  C  D   G////    D/F#  G  Em  D////
Of Far Americay.

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From a Rocky Moutain mine camp came a letter here today

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He says the winds of change are blowin' a little warmer every day

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That he fell in love with liberty, a girl we all once knew

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She comes from good people, and he said she loves him too

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That blood ran down those rivers

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What a heavy price to pay

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So far now from the ocean

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In Far Americay

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In Far Americay

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How young love it meanders through Far Americay

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