Key: A
Introduction:
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He fell in love with a reservation girl
A
During the time of the sugarbeat harvest
A D
They moved out west to the coast where he built her a bed
A
Made of shagbark from Sherwood forest
E
And life was good until she told him goodbye
D
Said they was better off living separate lives
A
And maybe they was
D A
But should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
E
For all our time
A
We left Worcester with our boots and our bags
A
And America undressed herself in front of our eyes
A D
My sister told me
D A
My sister told me
E
That the games in the hills where the hickory falls
D
And you never know when you gonna run from it all
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Like she did
D A
But should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
E
For all our time
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
D A
Oh, that you were right
A
She was dangling her legs over the little Colorado river
A
Catching the last bit of sunlight in all of Arizona
A D A
Told me,
D A
Arizona told me.
E
So I asked her if she wanted to fly
D
If maybe she needed a ride
A
Anywhere at all
D A
But should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
D A
Should we stop and take her with us
E
For all our time
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
D A
Oh, that you were right
D E
Oh Willy, I wish that you could love me less.
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Oh Willy, I wish that you could love me less.
D E
I tried, He said underneath his breath,
A
I tried. X2
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
A D A D
Adelaide you know you're just no good for me
A D E D
You know its just so hard to see that you were right
D A
Oh, that you were right