Chords for Carson McKee and Josh Turner - The Ballad of John McCrae - Paris 2019

Now I'm running _ _ [A] through the _ _ valleys, _ _ [F#m] covering my _ tracks.
_ Going north, toward _ [A] Dakota, _ _ [B] with the devil on [F#m] my back. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Oh, _ _ [F#] the river _ _ [A] _
flows _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] to a river _ [E] in Fort Lowndes.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
Oh, [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
when I threw her down [B] by the [A] stream side,
_ Swore [D] to make [E] that girl [F#m] my bride.
I played the fool, _ [A] took her in white dress,
_ Laid [B] her file as [F#m] gold. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There's a blue flag _ still hanging on,
[A] _ _ _ Thought [D] that she would [C#m] take my life.
So I pushed her into [B] the [A] river, _
_ [D] She went under [F#m] with the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] tide.
_ _ [D] _ [E] Oh, the [F#] river _
_ [A] _ flows _ _ _ _ _ _ to [Bm] a river [F#] in Fort Lowndes.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] Oh, if [F#m] you're my son,
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ River, I know, _
[A] They overtook me, _ _ [B]
40 mile [F#m] fast, hard on time.
_ And I told them, young [A] Douglas Shiller, _
_ [F#] Boy, you better shoot [F#m] it. _
_ _ _ _ _ It's unfortunate, _ by [A] my _ orders,
_ [E] Your life I [C#m] cannot take. _
But I'll be smiling at [G#] your [A] hanging,
_ _ [B] When they lay you [F#m] in the grave. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Oh, _ the [F#] river _ _ [A] _ flows _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] to a river _ in Fort Lowndes.
[A] _ _ _ _ [C#] Oh, if you [F#] must, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ [Bm] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ am standing _ at the [A] couch,
_ _ [D] And the _
[A] scaffolding's high,
_ And the hangman, he asked my last words, _
[B] Before I'm condemned to die. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ And I [A] beg God, _ don't [B] forgive me,
For the troubles I have sown,
For I have seen _ my pretty [A] Annie, _
_ [E] In those hill fires [F#] down there.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
Oh, _ _ [F#] the river _
_ _ [A] _ flows _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [Bm] to a river in [E] Fort _ _ _ [A] _ _
Lowndes.
Oh, [C#] Annie, you're [C#] my [F#m] soul.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
Oh, Annie, you're my [F#m] soul. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#] Oh, Annie, you're my [F#m] soul. _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _