Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
C majorC FF C majorC
The name she gave was Caroline,
FF C majorC
The daughter of a miner,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
And her ways were free and it seemed to me,
G+G FF
The sunshine walked beside her,
C majorC FF C majorC
She come from Spencer across the hill,
FF C majorC
She said her Pa had sent her,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
The coal was low and since the snow,
G+G FF
Would turn the skies to winter.
C majorC FF C majorC
She said she'd come to look for work,
FF C majorC
She was not seeking favors,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
For a dime a day and a place to stay,
G+G FF
She'd turn those hands to labor.
C majorC FF C majorC
Well the times were hard Lord the jobs were few,
FF C majorC
All through Tecumseh Valley,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
But she asked around and a job she found,
G+G FF
Tending bar for Gypsy Sally.
C majorC FF C majorC
She saved enough to get back home,
FF C majorC
When spring replaced the winter,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
But her dreams were denied her Pa had died,
G+G FF
When the word came down from Spencer.
C majorC FF C majorC
She turned to whorin' out on the streets,
FF C majorC
With all the lust inside her,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
It was many a man returned again,
G+G FF
To lay himself beside her.
C majorC FF C majorC
Well they found her down beneath the stairs,
FF C majorC
That led to Gypsy Sally's,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
In her hand when she died, was a note that cried,
G+G FF
Fare thee well Tecumseh Valley.
C majorC FF C majorC
The name she gave was Caroline,
FF C majorC
The daughter of a miner,
FF C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
And her ways were free and it seemed to me,
G+G FF C majorC
The sunshine walked beside her.