Carrie Brown chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]
    G+G   C majorC   G+G  E minorEm  D MajorD

[Verse 1]

G+G
The first time I saw Carrie Brown
           C majorC
She was so young and fair
             G+G         E minorEm      D MajorD
A augmentedA voice like spring rain fallin' down and sunlight in her hair
  G+G                     C majorC
I'd never seen her face before so I asked all around
         G+G              D MajorD     G+G
Her daddy owns a grocery store and she lives in Bristol town

[Chorus]


G+G                  C majorC
Carrie darlin' Carrie Carrie Brown I cry
         G+G       E minorEm        D MajorD
If I can't marry Carrie Brown believe I'd rather die


[Verse 2]


G+G
I laid my last ten dollars down
            C majorC
Though I didn't need a thing
          G+G
Just to touch sweet Carrie Brown
     E minorEm      D MajorD
When she handed me my change
 G+G                          C majorC
I hung around 'till closin' time I scarce believed my eyes
          G+G
My darlin' walkin' arm in arm
    D MajorD        G+G
With a boy named Billy Wise


[Chorus]


G+G                   C majorC
Carrie darling Carrie , Carrie Brown I cry
         G+G       E minorEm         D MajorD
If I can't marry Carrie Brown,I believe I'd rather die

[Verse 3]


G+G                        C majorC
I walked around in Bristol town a bitter broken man
            G+G        E minorEm       D MajorD
A augmentedA heart that pined for Carrie Brown and a pistol in my hand
  G+G                       C majorC
We met again on State Street poor Billy Wise and me
       G+G        D MajorD       G+G
I shot him in Virginia and he died in Tennessee


[Chorus]


G+G                   C majorC
Carrie Darling Carrie , Carrie Brown I cry
         G+G        E minorEm         D MajorD
If I can't marry Carrie Brown , I believe I'd rather die


[Verse 4]


G+G                        C majorC
Now I'm down in the Bristol jail and all I do is cry
           G+G         E minorEm        D MajorD
'Cause the jury found me guilty and the judge says I must die
  G+G
I'm just a poor young mountain boy
          C majorC
Ain't never been to town
         G+G       D MajorD         G+G
And I've come to ruination for the love of Carrie Brown


[Chorus]


G+G                   C majorC
Carrie darling Carrie, Carrie Brown I cry
         G+G        E minorEm         D MajorD
If I can't marry Carrie Brown, I believe I'd rather die