Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard
Difficulty: Novice
Capo 2nd
Intro: G,C,D,Em,C,D,G
G+G 
C majorC
baby's gone and i don't know why
D MajorD 
E minorEm
she headed out this morning
C majorC
like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
D MajorD G+G
she left me without warning
G+G C majorC
sooner than the dogs could bark
D MajorD E minorEm
faster than the sun rose
C majorC
down to the banks in an old mule cart
D MajorD G+G
she took a flat boat 'cross the shallows
C majorC
left me in my tears to drown
D MajorD E minorEm
she left a baby daughter
C majorC
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D MajorD G+G
she's crossing muddy waters
G+G C majorC
tobacco standing in the fields
D MajorD E minorEm
be rotten come november
C majorC
and a bitter heart will not reveal
D MajorD G+G
a spring that love remembers
when that sweet brown girl of mine
hair black as a raven
we broke the bread and drank the wine
from a jug that she'd been saving
C majorC
left me in my tears to drown
D MajorD E minorEm
she left a baby daughter
C majorC
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D MajorD G+G
she's crossing muddy waters
baby's crying and the daylight's gone
that big oak tree is groaning
in a rush of wind and a river song
i can hear my true love moaning
crying for her baby child
oh crying for her husband
crying for that rivers wild
to take her from her loved ones
C majorC
left me in my tears to drown
D MajorD E minorEm
she left a baby daughter
C majorC
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D MajorD G+G
she's crossing muddy waters
C majorC
now the river's wide and deep and brown
D MajorD G+G
she's crossing muddy waters
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