Chords for Doc Watson - Omie Wise

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_ _ _ _ Oh listen to my _ story, [A] I'll tell you no lies
[Bm] How John Lewis did _ murder [F#m] poor little Omi
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_ _ _ He _ told her to meet him [A] at _ Adams' Springs
_ [Bm] He promised her money [F#] and a bed
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_ _ _ So fool like she met him [A] at _ Adams' Springs
_ [Bm] No money he brought her [C#m] nor other
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_ _ with me little _ Omi [A] and away _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] We'll go and get _ married [F#] and know
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She _ climbed up behind _ [A] him and away _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] But off to the _ river [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _
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Lewis, John _ Lewis, [A] will you tell me your mind _
Do [Bm] you intend to marry me [F#] or leave
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_ _ Little Omi, little Omi, [A] I'll tell you my mind _
[Bm] My mind is to drown [F#] you and me
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Have mercy on my _ baby [A] and spare me my life
I'll [Bm] go home as a _ beggar [F#m] and never be your [Bm] _
_ _ _ wife
He kissed her and hugged her [A] and turned her around
_ [Bm] Then pushed her in deep _ waters [F#m] where he knew that she [Bm] would drown
_ _ _ He got on his pony [A] and away he did ride
As [Bm] the screams of little Omi [F#] went down by [Bm] his side
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Was on a Thursday _ morning, [A] the rain was pouring
_ _ When [Bm] the people searched for Omi [F#] but she could not [Bm] be found
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Two boys went to fish [A] in one fine summer day
_ [Bm] And saw little Omi's body [C#m] go floating [Bm] away _
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_ They threw their net _ around [A] her and drew her to the bank
[Bm] Her clothes all wet and muddy, [F#] they laid her on [Bm] a _ plank _
_ _ Then sang for John Lewis [A] to come to that _ place
[Bm] And brought her out before _ him [F#] so that he might see [Bm] her face _ _
_ He _ made no _ confession [A] but they carried him to jail
[Bm] No friends, no _ relations [F#] would go on [Bm] his _ face _
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