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He came into to town in the early springtime 
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to work with my daddy down in the mines 
                                           D5    
It was hot in the summer when he said good-bye 
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and he left me a secret I can no longer hide...         
                                D5          A5   F#5 
Now the only thing here that is welcoming me 
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is a cold rainy morning and a Greyhound bus seat 
                                      D5 
He just had to come back and try to explain 
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Cry for your daughter Appalacian rain... 
 

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Mountains of sorrow , mountains of pain 
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you'll never give for my baby a name 
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my family's honor , took it away 
A5                           E5      A5 
cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain...  
 
VERSE 2 
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I was washed in the blood in the river you filled 
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Now the sound of a shotgun rings through the hills 
                                              D5 
and the blood of her father runs through it's veins 
A5                           E5      A5 
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain... 
 
CHORUS REPETED;Then the ending; 
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Tears in the holler , tears of my shame  
A5                           E5      A5 
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain...  
 
The intro (chord )is the same as the verse...
A5 D5 A5 F#5 A5 E5 A5