Chords for Clementine - Meaning Explained

_ _ So I recently actually looked up the lyrics to Clementine and
It's actually a lot more morbid than I originally thought it was so here's a
[G] shitty translation _ _ _ _
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_ [C] There were lost and [G] lost forever
[A] Dreadful sorry [G]
Clementine
But she wasn't like a fairy
[A] And her shoes were number nine
[C] Pairing boxes [G] without pops is [Am] sandals worth for [G]
Clementine
Walking lightly as a fairy
[Am] Though her shoes [A] were number nine
[C] Sometimes tripping [G] lightly skipping
[A] Lovely girl my [G] Clementine
_ Drove she ducklings to the river
[A] Every morning just at nine
[C] Head or foot [G] against the splinter
[A] Fell into the [G] foaming brine
Ruby lips above the water
[A] Blowing bubbles soft and fine
[C] But alas I [G] was no swimmer
[A] Neither was my [G]
Clementine
In a churchyard near the canyon
[A] Where the mermaids were swimming
Turtle [D] doth entwine
[C] There grow roses
Some [G] as [Am] posies
Turtle lies [G] are Clementine
Them the miner For deniner
[A] Soon began to fret and pine
[C] Thought he ought to [G] join his daughter
[Am] Now he's [A] with his _ Clementine
I'm so lonely
Lost without her
Wish [Am] I had a fishing [A] line
Which [C] I might have [G] Passed about
But I never thought her
Might have saved my [G] Clementine
In my dreams she still doth Haunt me
Robed in [A]
garments
Soaked in brine
[C] Then she rises [G] from the waters
[Am] And I kiss my _ Clementine _ _
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