Angolas Lament chords by Sam Riggs

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: DmDm

Difficulty: Novice

Angola's Lament - Sam Riggs and the Night People

DmDm G+G

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Angola ain't no place to be
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It's for the lost who once were free
C majorC
Fields of fear stretched far and wide
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And razor wire goes to the sky
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I make my round to the fields all day
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While the prisoners work their sins away
CG
Shotgun perched upon my leg
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On a sixteen hands tall thorough bred

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They sing ain't no way to mend a broken heart
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Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
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Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
C majorC     G+G
Devil holds the key
DmDm
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmG
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
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Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
  CG
But to get down on your knees

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Desperation in a troubled man
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Spreads like poison in this land
C majorC  G+G
I've seen it all from this saddle son
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Yeah God rest yer soul if you try to run
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Oh now ash to ash and dust to dust
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You're here because yer dreams went bust
CG
Just put that pick axe in the ground
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Keep on moanin' that lonesome sound

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There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
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Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmDm
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
CG
Devil holds the key
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There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmDm
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmDm
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
  CG
But to get down on your knees

Instrumental:
DmDm  C majorC G+G  DmDm  C majorC G+G

DmDm (strum once)
When the cold wind blew through that old screen door
You didn't hear their screams no more
Blood on the walls and across the floor
Lord, what did ya do?

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You drug ‘em down to that old oak tree
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Dug a hole ‘neath the tire swing
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Wiped a tear threw in the ring
   CG
And a sawed off shotgun too

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You let ‘em down in the cold hard ground
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Side by side the way you found ‘em
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Fallin' rain didn't make a sound
C majorC     G+G
That's when you knew

DmDm
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
Devil holds the key

  DmDm
There ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmDm
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
DmDm
Ain't no way to mend a broken heart
   C majorC G+G
But to get down on your knees

Outro:
DmDm C majorC G+G