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The Ballad Of John Mccrae Chords by Josh Turner

The Ballad Of John Mccrae chords by Josh Turner

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
Em C G C D Em

Verse:
Em                  C      G
On the banks of the Missouri
G     C      D          Em
Annie Washed up in the clay
Em                       C    G
And they took her to her father
G        C   D       Em
Told him it was John McCrae
Em                          C      G
Now I'm running through the badlands
G  C   D    Em
Covering my tracks
Em               C    G
Northward toward Dakota
G        C      D    Em
With the devil on my back
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Chorus:
Am      D     G
Oh, the river flows
Am      D       G
To our immortal home
B7              Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul

Instrumental:
Em C G C D Em

Verse:
Em                          C      G
Well I took her down by the stream side
G      C         D       Em
For to make that girl my bride
Em                          C       G
But in the fold of her pretty white dress
G       C       D      Em
Lay her father's bowie knife
Em                   C         G
Well she pulled that steel blade on me
G       C         D       Em
Told me she would take my life
Em                       C   G
So I pushed her into the river
G        C      D       Em
She went under with the tide

Chorus:
Am      D     G
Oh, the river flows
Am      D       G
To our immortal home
B7              Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul

Verse:
Em                   C     G
I am standing at the gallows
G       C         D     Em
And the scaffold it is high
Em                       C      G
And the hangman asked my last words
G          C       D     Em
Before I'm condemned to die
Em                      C       G
So I begged God, "Don't forgive me
G       C       G       Em
for the trouble I have sown
Em                          C   G
for I'll soon see my pretty Annie
G           C     D     Em
in the hell fire down below."

Chorus:
Am      D     G
Oh, the river flows
Am      D       G
To our immortal home
B7              Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul

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