Key: Am
Introduction:
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Well the raven is a wicked bird
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His wings are black as sin
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And he floats outside my prison window
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Mocking those within
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And he sings to me real low
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It's hell to where you go
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For you did murder Kate McCannon
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When I first met TomMcCannon
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I was working in the mines
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Said he had himself a dark haired daughter
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With long, green eyes
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When she and I did meet
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She was bathing in the creek
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Prettiest girl in the whole damn holler
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That ain't no lie
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So I went a courtin' Kate McCannon
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Got me a job and I quit my ramblin'
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And every day I'd save
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A quarter of my pay
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I could buy a diamond ring
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Lord and one day I come home to find
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My darlin' angel's not inside
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So I made for the creek
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Where she and I did meet
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And found her with some other lover...
Am G Am
And I put three rounds into Kate McCannon...