Chords
Tecumseh Valley

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
C                        F            C  
The name she gave was Caroline
                        F                     C  
Daughter of a miner
                                  F                                     Em              Am  
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
                        G                                F             C  
The sunshine walked beside her
                  C                        F              C  
She came from Spencer across the hill
                        F                  C  
She said her Pa had sent her
                                     F                                Em                 Am  
'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow
                        G                                     F          C  
Would turn the skies to winter
                        C                        F            C  
She said she'd come to look for work
                        F                  C  
She was not seeking favor
                                     F                                  Em            Am  
For a dime a day and a place to stay
                        G                                  F                C  
She turned those hands to labor
                          C                                     F            C  
But the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few
                                F             C  
All through Tecumseh Valley
                                     F                                Em                 Am  
She'd ask around, and a job she found
                          G                                  F     C  
Tendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's
             C                          F              C  
She saved enough to get back home
                                F                  C  
And spring replaced the winter
                                     F                                Em              Am  
But her dreams were denied, her Pa had died
                        G                             F                C  
The word come down from Spencer
                          C                             F              C  
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
                                  F                        C  
With all the lust inside her
                                     F                             Em                 Am  
And it was many a man returned again
                          G                                  F  C  
To lay himself beside her
                     C                        F            C  
They found her down beneath the stairs
                          F                C  
That led to Gypsy Sally's
                                     F                             Em                 Am  
And in her hand when she died was a note that cried
                          G                                F                  C  
"Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley".
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