Appalachian Rain chords by Matraca Berg

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA              D MajorD      A augmentedA  F# minorF#m
He came into to town in the early springtime
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to work with my daddy down in the mines
                      D MajorD
It was hot in the summer when he said good-bye
    A augmentedA           E MajorE     A augmentedA
and he left me a secret I can no longer hide...
                 D MajorD     A augmentedA  F# minorF#m
Now the only thing here that is welcoming me
         A augmentedA       E MajorE       A augmentedA
is a cold rainy morning and a Greyhound bus seat
                   D MajorD
He just had to come back and try to explain
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Cry for your daughter Appalacian rain...

CHORUS:
D MajorD           A augmentedA      D MajorD
Mountains of sorrow , mountains of pain
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you'll never give for my baby a name
D MajorD          A augmentedA    D MajorD  Dsus2Dsus2
my family's honor , took it away
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cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain...

VERSE 2
A augmentedA                D MajorD     A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
I was washed in the blood in the river you filled
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Now the sound of a shotgun rings through the hills
                       D MajorD
and the blood of her father runs through it's veins
A augmentedA              E MajorE   A augmentedA
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain...

CHORUS REPETED;Then the ending;
D MajorD           A augmentedA      D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2
Tears in the holler , tears of my shame
A augmentedA              E MajorE   A augmentedA
Cry for your daughter , Appalacian rain...