Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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Twenty years ago last Christmas, came a temper to my wife
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Stole the only flower I cherished, and I vowed I'd have his life
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In the street one day I met him, in my eyes that villain grinned
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Then the course of Cain came o'er me, 't was on that very day I sinned.
Chorus:
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Sure I dreamed as the hammer strikes the anvil
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And I dream as the sparks light on the floor
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Of my true eyed turtle dove, she's the only girl I love
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As she stood outside that good old smithy door.
Verse 2:
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Twelve months passed then came my trial, in the court I saw my wife
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And I heard her beg for mercy, when they sentenced me for life.
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For twelve long years I read her letters, the only comfort I can tell,
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When I heard that she was dying, 't was then my lonely spirits fell.
Chorus:
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Sure I dreamed as the hammer strikes the anvil
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor
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Of my true eyed turtle dove, she's the only girl I love
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As she stood outside that good old smithy door.
Verse 3:
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Late one night I dodged the warder, over the prison wall I sprang
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Then go home foot sore and weary, at the breaking of the dawn.
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She was glad, so glad to see me, in my arms that night she died,
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Then the warder rushed the doorway, and they found me there inside.
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When they saw her lifeless body, and I kneeling on the floor
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They said "Jack my lad we trust you, come back when you've laid her low."
Chorus:
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD BB
Sure I dreamed as the hammer strikes the anvil
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
And I dream as the sparks light on the floor
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Of my true eyed turtle dove, she's the only girl I love
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As she stood outside that good old smithy door.