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Death Of Floyd Collins Chords by John Prine

Death Of Floyd Collins chords by John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C F C C D G C F G G C

Verse:
 C                                F              C
Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell
      C                         D                G
The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well
     C                               F                  C
His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave
     C                            G              C     G
His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave
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 C                                F              C
Oh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad
     C                              D              G
I'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had
  C                         F                   C
I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save
   C                           G               C
I cried "oh, must I perish within this silent cave"

     C                           F                   C
The rescue party labored, they worked both night and day
  C                             D                 G
To move the mighty barrier that stood within their way
    C                        F               C
To rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry
       C                           G            C
"We'll never, no we'll never, let Floyd Collins die"

     C                           F               C
But on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky
    C                               D                C
The workers still were busy, "we'll save him by and by"
    C                           F                C
But oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved
     C                             G                C
His body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave

Instrumental:
C F C C D G C F G G C

      C                             F              C
Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate
 C                               D              G
And get right with your maker before it is too late
   C                           F               C
It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb
  C                              G                C
But on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom




Songwriters: 1925 Irene Spain / Rev. Andrew Jenkins
Death of Floyd Collins lyrics © Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.

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