Key: C
Introduction:
C Em F C
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards,
C Em F G7
stand wooden houses with shutters torn down.
C E F C
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches.
C Em F G7 C
Patches my darling of old Shanty town.
C Em F C
We planned to marry when June brought the summer.
C Em F G7
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride.
C E F C
Now I don't see how that ever can happen..
C Em F G7 C
My folks say no, and my heart breaks inside.
Chorus:#1.
C E F C F C
Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.
F C
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace,
G7 C
so my folks won't let me love you.
C Em F C
Each night I cry, as I think of that shanty.
C Em F G7
And pretty patches there watching the door.
C E F C
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her..
C Em F G7 C
Patches must think, that I love her no more.
Chorus:#1.
C Em F C
I hear a neighbor telling my father..
C Em F G7
He says a girl name of Patches was found,
C E F C
floating face down in that dirty old river,
C Em F G7 C
that flows by the coal yards in old Shan..ty town.
Chorus:#2.(x2)
C E F C F C
Pat..ches, oh, what can I do? I swear I'll always love you.
F C
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight..
C G7 C
Patches I'm coming to you.
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