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On Top Of Old Smokey by Traditional

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Verse:

C               F                       C      
 On top of old Smokey all covered with snow
                 G7                     C     
 I lost my true lover for courting too slow
                   F                        C     
 For courting's a pleasure and parting's a grief
                      G7                    C      
 And a false hearted lover is worse than a thief
                       F                         C     
 For a thief will just rob you and take all your pay
                      G7                         C      
 But a false hearted lover will lead you to the grave
                      F                        C     
 And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust
                    G7                          C     
 Not one girl in a hundred that a poor boy can trust
                     F                          C     
 The'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
                             G7                            C      
 Than the crosswalks on the railroad and the stars in the sky
                   F                     C     
 So come all your maidens and listen to me
                      G7                        C
 Never place your affections on a green willow tree 
                                 F                             C     
 For the leaves they will wither and the roots they will die
                   G7                  C     
 You'll all be forsaken and never know why

Outro:

                   G7                  C    F   C
 You'll all be forsaken and never know why