Death Of Floyd Collins chords - John Prine

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC FF G+G G+G C majorC


Verse:
 C majorC                                FF              C majorC
Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell
      C majorC                         D MajorD                G+G
The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well
     C majorC                               FF                  C majorC
His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave
     C majorC                            G+G              C majorC     G+G
His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave

 C majorC                                FF              C majorC
Oh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad
     C majorC                              D MajorD              G+G
I'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had
  C majorC                         FF                   C majorC
I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save
   C majorC                           G+G               C majorC
I cried "oh, must I perish within this silent cave"

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

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


Instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC FF G+G G+G C majorC

      C majorC                             FF              C majorC
Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate
 C majorC                               D MajorD              G+G
And get right with your maker before it is too late
   C majorC                           FF               C majorC
It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb
  C majorC                              G+G                C majorC
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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