Willy Dear Chords by The Tillers

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_ Willie dear, [C] you've got a mind to leave me [G] once again.
[D] I see your [Gm] ship upon the shore and freight [G] all loaded in.
Oh Lizzy dear, you know that I must ship out [Em] with the crew.
[G] I know the river carries me, [C] my heart [G] remains with you.
_ Well Willie's [C] ship departed from the docks early [G] next day.
[D] Elizabeth [G] looked on [C] as he floated [G] far away.
From the house upon the hill she'd wait and watch the [Em] river bend.
[G] For the ship to bring her own true [C] love safely [G] home again.
_ _ Well he toiled aboard [C] the boat for months with hands so rough [G] and raw.
She waited for a letter [C] as the sun did [G] rise and fall.
Until one day she saw the smoke and heard the [Em] hissing steam.
[G] The weary ship returned in [C] from the halls in [G] New Orleans.
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Just then a loud [C] explosion broke and trembled hills around.
[D] Her eyes so [G] white in horror [C] as the tears come [G] pouring down.
Her mouth stirred and the ship did burn, she heard the [Em] sailors cry.
[G] The flame and fire of rapture [C] lighting up the [G] midnight sky.
_ Then with a [C] trembling hand upon the pen she [G] wrote for he.
[D] This world can show no beauty [C] with you I [G] cannot be.
The loneliness I can't endure to drown in [Em] sorrow's tide.
[G] I'll go to meet my Willie [C] dear upon the [G] other side.
_ Next day the [C] ship come rolling [D] in and anchored [G] in the wake.
[D] The boarders [G] wailed at Thompson [C] on arrival [G] one day late.
As fast as he could travel and through [Em] the door he broke.
[G] And up the stairs he found his [C] darling hanging [G] from a rope.
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_ The time did [C] pass for Willie as he walked this [G] world alone.
[D] But time stood [Gm] still upon the [C] hill where sat [G] poor Lizzy's home.
And now so still and quiet there stands [Em] the open door.
[G] Dust upon the window pane and shadows on the floor.
It's eighteen stairs [C] to bring her up to [G] the widow's loft.
Five windows for to [C] view the rusted [G] steam ship dock.
Lizzy standing by the chair is she [Em] in the hall.
[G] Or is she in the corner [C] with a pale face [G] to the wall.
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[G] _ Oh that girl, pretty little [Em] girl, a-lizzy by me.
_ [C] _ Girl [G] a-lizzy by me.
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