Girl Behind The Bar Chords by Country Gentlemen

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_ _ As I walked in the wayside tavern, the smell [G] of drink [D] was in the _ air.
I [G] threw my _ money [D] on the counter.
This [A] pretty maid was [D] standing there.
_ _ My thoughts they _ drifted so far from me.
[G] As I looked upon _ her [D] lovely face,
I knew she [G] _ was my [D] kind of woman.
No [A] one could _ ever [D] take her place. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ I said, when _ working hours are over, I would [G] just love to see [D] you home.
She said, young [G] man, that [D] is my pleasure.
And [A] soon we found [D] ourselves alone.
_ _ And then our arms went round each other.
[G] I felt a knife stick [D] in her back.
She [G] turned and saw her lover [D] running, and said [A] his name was [D] Barnum Jack. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ She did not know her lover followed.
She [G] did not know he [D] was around.
_ [G] Until the fate of [D] death had struck her, and now [A] she sleeps beneath [D] the ground.
_ _ I said, alone tonight in prison, my [G] thoughts are _ of the [D] one so fair
[G] that I met that night in the [D] wayside tavern, when the smell [A] of drink [D] was in the air. _ _ _ _ _ _ _