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Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)                      AmWell (x02210@1)she had twenty years when she turned to her mother
          Dm (xx0231@1)                     Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)          AmSayin', (x02210@1)"Mother I know that you'll grieve, but I've given my soul to St. John The Gambler
               C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)                      AmTomorrow (x02210@1)comes time to leave.  Well the hills cannot hold back my sorrow forever
Dm (xx0231@1)                         Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)          F (133211@1)          AmDead (x02210@1)men lie deep 'round my door, the only salvation that's mine for the askin'
                Em (022000@1)     AmSo (x02210@1)mother think on me no more."
     Dm (xx0231@1)                          Am (x02210@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)               AmThe (x02210@1)winter howled high 'round the mountain's breast, and the cold of a thousand snows
     C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)     Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)  AmLay (x02210@1)heaped upon the forest sleep.  She dressed in Calico.
      Dm (xx0231@1)              Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)           AmFor (x02210@1)a gambler likes his women fancy, fancy she would be
        C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)          F (133211@1)           Am (x02210@1)                   Em (022000@1)      AmAnd (x02210@1)the fires of her longing would keep 'way the cold, and her dress was a sight to see.
        Dm (xx0231@1)            Am (x02210@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)                AmBut (x02210@1)the road was long beneath her feet, she followed her frozen breath
   C (x32010@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)       F (133211@1)      Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)   AmIn (x02210@1)search of a certain St. John The Gambler, stumbled to her death.
        Dm (xx0231@1)                     Am (x02210@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)                     AmAnd (x02210@1)she heard his laughter right down from the mountain, danced with her mother's tears
     C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)      F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)                   Em (022000@1)    AmTo (x02210@1)a funeral drone of Calico,  'neath a cross of twenty years.
              Dm (xx0231@1)    F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1)                    Em (022000@1)   AmTo (x02210@1)a funeral drone of Calico,  'neath a cross of twenty years.

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