Death Of Sis Draper Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Am G Am G Am Verse 1: Am G Sis Draper had a guitar player Am Her name Kentucky Sue G And everywhere old Sis played Am Sue was picking too Verse 2: Am G She worked her way from town to town Am Fiddlin' way out west G Everywhere she blew through Am They said she was the best

Chorus: G They played the dances, played the bars Am Out under Western stars G Sis was getting on in years Am She lived it pretty hard G She burned both ends of the candle Em7 Am G And broke many hearts Verse 3: Am G Now out in old New Mexico Am There was a snowstorm coming on G Decided just to wait it out Am And play the El Patron Verse 4: G Now there was some old gal with coal black eyes Am She was in a jealous tiff G She was quite sure her old man Am Was slipping round with Sis Chorus: G She was a waitress at the El Patron Am Out on the edge of town G She poisoned Sis's whiskey Am And Sis just drank it down G She started to feeling poorly Em Am So she laid her fiddle down G Am G Am Verse 5: G Out behind the El Patron Am They dug a shallow grave G Laid her down beneath that ground Am With the fiddle in the coffin case G Am They put the fiddle in the coffin case Chorus: G Kentucky Sue played Shady Grove Am On her old beat-up guitar G Tears streaming down her face Am She took it pretty hard G There's somewhere in the distance Am You could hear the mission bells G Some folks go to heaven Am And some folks go to hell Outro: G Sis Draper went to Arkansas Em Am That's all there is to tell Am G Am