He Lived Alone In Town chords by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

A minorAm  E MajorE   A minorAm   A minorAm
He lived alone in town
    G+G     D MajorD    E MajorE     E7E7
His friends were many and true
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G  Dm/F#  Dm/F
He drank and took the easy love
   A minorAm     E MajorE    A minorAm    Am/E
Of street girls that he knew

    A minorAm   E MajorE   A minorAm   A minorAm
And he met a girl one day
      G+G    D MajorD   E MajorE   E7E7
Said "come home with me tonight"
   A minorAm    Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
"Oh no!" she cried "I never will."
     A minorAm    E MajorE   A minorAm   Am/E
And she left him there alone

     A minorAm    E MajorE    DmDm    A minorAm
And the days went by, and days
   G+G   D MajorD    E MajorE    E7E7
Went by and they did long
A minorAm    Am/GAm/G  Dm/F#  Dm/F
For each other every hour
   A minorAm     E MajorE   DmDm    DmDm
But still she'd not be bound

     A minorAm  E MajorE    DmDm    A minorAm
"In the places of young men
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I never will be found
   A minorAm    Am/GAm/G  Dm/F#  Dm/F
But think you not that I don't love
    A minorAm    E MajorE    A minorAm   Am/E   Am/GAm/G   A minorAm
For my heart is ripe and full"

   A minorAm   E minorEm    A minorAm   A minorAm
"How cold you are!" he said
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"I guess you must not care
  A minorAm    Am/GAm/G      Dm/F#  Dm/F
For me. But tell me, Where it is you'd go
     A minorAm   E MajorE   DmDm    DmDm
For I'd take you anywhere"
    A minorAm    E MajorE   DmDm    A minorAm
"Then come to a forest green
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Where I may love you free
 A minorAm    Am/GAm/G  Dm/F#  Dm/F
Beyond the confines of your walls
    A minorAm    E MajorE    DmDm    DmDm
And beyond the sweetest words"

    A minorAm    E MajorE    DmDm    A minorAm
"And beyond the mountains high
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Beyond the fields of shame
   A minorAm    Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
And beyond the prettiest wedding ring
    A minorAm   E MajorE    DmDm    DmDm
For I'd never take your name"

   A minorAm   E MajorE   DmDm    A minorAm
"And wander with me now
  FF   D/F#D/F#  G+G   E/G#
Or wander all forlorn
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
But know I love you, tearful one
   A minorAm    E MajorE   A minorAm    Am/E   Am/GAm/G   A minorAm
Much more than I can show"

  A minorAm    E MajorE   DmDm    A minorAm
He could not understand
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He thought she could not care
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
"Oh, take me far away," she'd cried
    A minorAm    E MajorE     A minorAm    A minorAm
And he could not hear her prayer

    A minorAm    E MajorE  DmDm    A minorAm
And he wandered off alone
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To never know her dream
   A minorAm    Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
And she still dwells within the forest
 A minorAm   E MajorE    A minorAm   Am/E   Am/GAm/G   A minorAm
Longing for his love

   A minorAm   E MajorE   DmDm    A minorAm
"So, wander with me now
  FF   D/F#D/F#  G+G  E/G#
Or wander off alone
   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G   Dm/F#  Dm/F
But know I love you, tearful one
   A minorAm    E MajorE   A minorAm   Am/GAm/G  Dm/F#  Dm/F   A minorAm  E MajorE  A minorAm  A minorAm
Much more than I can show"