St Gabriel chords by Marcia Ball

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

♫ Intro:

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♫ Verse 1:
Cm
 All the sad songs about leaving
G7
 Not about coming home
Fm
 I've been down in St. Gabriel
G7
 Nowhere to go, oh
Cm
 The sun sets in St. Gabriel
G7
 Fiery red
Fm
 And the fields all around
G7
 Are brown and dead
   Cm         Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm         G7
St. Gabriel

♫ Verse 2:
Cm
 They said I killed a man
G7
 That threatened my life
Fm
 But I went to prison
G7
 Because I was his wife
Cm
 And I had stood it
G7
 As long as I could
           Fm
Oh, I went down, I went down to St. Gabriel
G7
 What I had to do
    Cm         Fm
Oh, St. Gabriel
Cm         G7
St. Gabriel


♫ Solo:
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♫ Verse 3:
Cm
 It's a hopeless life
G7
 And it's a crying shame
Fm
 It was me or him
G7
 And I took the blame, yeah
Cm
 You can feel the rythmn
G7
 Through the walls
Fm
 It shakes the leevee
G7
 It shakes us all
       Cm     Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm         G7
St. Gabriel


♫ Verse 4:
Cm
 Now they say I'm right
G7
 And I'm free to go
Fm
 So I'm standing out here
G7
 By the side of the road
        Cm
All the sad songs about leaving
G7
 Not about coming home
              Fm
Oh, I've been down, I've been down in St. Gabriel
G7
 With nowhere, nowhere to go
       Cm     Fm
In St. Gabriel
Cm         Fm
St. Gabriel
Cm         G7
St. Gabriel


♫ Outro:
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