Chords with lyrics
Key: FF
🎸 Intro:
FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse :
FF DmDm
By the banks of the river where the willows grow cold
Bb majorBb FF
Wild birds warble the strange sounding song
Bb majorBb FF
By the banks of the river where the waters run cold
Bb majorBb FF
Was there I first listened to the lies that she told
Riff:
FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 2:
FF DmDm
He lays there each night all alone and he weeps
Bb majorBb FF
Nothing ain't worse than a night without sleep
Bb majorBb FF
The letters she wrote him they were written in vain
Bb majorBb FF
But I know that her conscience still echoes my name
Riff:
FF C majorC FF
🎸 Verse 3:
FF DmDm
If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were thrushes
Bb majorBb FF
I'd lay there for hours in the cold rainy marshes
Bb majorBb FF
If the ladies were squirrels (yeah) with a big bushy tail
Bb majorBb FF
I'd fill up my shotgun with-a rock salt and nails
🎸 Outro:
Bb majorBb FF
We'd fill up our shotguns with-a rock salt and nails