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Cat-eye Willie Claims His Lover

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Introducción: Am    

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Bonnie Brown lay down the jack of diamonds
                                                     C                                         Am  
Young Cody took the king of clubs in trade
                                                                G                                      Am  
The queen of hearts was dealt to Simple Simon
                                                  C                                      Am  
But Cat-eye Willie drew the ace of spades
                                                     G                                            Am  
Oh, Bonnie make the bed that you were born in
                                                C                                    Am  
Turn your daddy's picture to the wall
                                                        G                                    Am  
For you'll not marry Cody, come the morning
                                                          C                                      Am  
Tonight ol' Shuffling Willie comes to call
          C                                    G                                 Dm                            Am  
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
                     C                                                         G                                              Am  
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
                             C                                 G  
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
          Dm                                                    Am  
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
             C                                    G                                              Am  
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover
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As the hour of midnight was approaching
                                                        C                                            Am  
She heard his goblin boot-heels on the floor
                                                             G                                    Am  
The tattered rags like raven wings in motion
                                             C                                      Am  
The hammer hand upon the bedroom door
                                                     G                                    Am  
"Have mercy on this high-born lily maiden
                                                  C                                    Am  
The fairest of the valley so they say"
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"'Twas you who mocked my bent back, heavy laden
                                             C                                              Am  
No mercy had you in your heart that day"
          C                                    G                                 Dm                            Am  
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
                     C                                                         G                                              Am  
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
                             C                                 G  
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
          Dm                                                    Am  
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
             C                                    G                                              Am  
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover
Instrumental:    (Fiddle Break)
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Now he has had away her coat of leather
                                          C                                 Am  
And he has had away her daisy dress
                                                  G                                 Am  
But as he slumbers on her bed of feathers
                                                     C                                 Am  
She breaks a silver dagger in his chest
             Dm                                      Am                                    G                                            Am  
"Oh, hold your pillow to my breast to stay this crimson flood
                  G                                      F                                                                                         E7  
For my darling, oh, my darling you have spilled my mortal blood"
             Dm                                    Am                                         G                                            Am  
"No, I will not your darling be, while I have breath and spit in me"
                     C                                                         G                                            E  
"Then I curse your proud house down, 'til you're buried in the ground"
          C                                    G                                 Dm                            Am  
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
                     C                                                         G                                              Am  
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
                             C                                 G  
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
          Dm                                                    Am  
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
             C                                    G                                              Am  
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover
                                                        G                                            Am  
Now twenty years her suitors have been idle
                                                        C                                      Am  
And twenty years her cat-eye boy has grown
                                                     G                                            Am  
And he has stolen a ruttled horse and bridle
                                             C                                 Am  
And taken to the cullion road alone
                                                                G                                    Am  
"Oh, build my tomb down in some meadow lonely
                                             C                                      Am  
Mark it with the traitor diamond knave
                                                          G                                         Am  
For I have served one master, true and only
                                                  C                                      Am  
And I will sleep beside him in the grave"
          C                                    G                                 Dm                            Am  
Bonnie Brown, you can run and hide, fly my honey lamb
                     C                                                         G                                              Am  
You can cry, "Have mercy", and crawl the cane for cover
                             C                                 G  
But you're bound for the butcher's bride
          Dm                                                    Am  
The slew-foot devil won't be denied
             C                                    G                                              Am  
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover
             F                                    Em                                            Am  
When Cat-eye Willie comes to claim his lover