Key: A
Introduction:
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My daddy was a handsome gambler he had a chain five miles long
D Bm E D Bm E
On every link a heart gets dangled of another maid he loved and
wronged
Bm A
He told to you some loving story
Bm F#m
He'd make you think he'd leave them true
E
But love grows cold as love grows older and fades away like morning
dew
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I'd rather be in some dark hollow where the sun refused to shine
D Bm E D Bm E
Than to live here in Missouri with your memory always on my mind
Bm A Bm F#m
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how your court your
man
D Bm E
They're like a star on a summer morning
D Bm E
First they appear then they're gone again
(solo)
Bm A Bm F#m
Come all ye fair and tender ladies take warning how your court your
man
D Bm E
They're like a star on a summer morning
D Bm E
First they appear then they're gone again