Key: C
Introduction:
C F C
The name she gave was Caroline,
F C
The daughter of a miner,
F C G/B Am7
And her ways were free and it seemed to me,
G F
The sunshine walked beside her,
C F C
She come from Spencer across the hill,
F C
She said her Pa had sent her,
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The coal was low and since the snow,
G F
Would turn the skies to winter.
C F C
She said she'd come to look for work,
F C
She was not seeking favors,
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For a dime a day and a place to stay,
G F
She'd turn those hands to labor.
C F C
Well the times were hard Lord the jobs were few,
F C
All through Tecumseh Valley,
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But she asked around and a job she found,
G F
Tending bar for Gypsy Sally.
C F C
She saved enough to get back home,
F C
When spring replaced the winter,
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But her dreams were denied her Pa had died,
G F
When the word came down from Spencer.
C F C
She turned to whorin' out on the streets,
F C
With all the lust inside her,
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It was many a man returned again,
G F
To lay himself beside her.
C F C
Well they found her down beneath the stairs,
F C
That led to Gypsy Sally's,
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In her hand when she died, was a note that cried,
G F
Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley.
C F C
The name she gave was Caroline,
F C
The daughter of a miner,
F C G/B Am7
And her ways were free and it seemed to me,
G F C
The sunshine walked beside her.