Chords for Katie Dear Performed By Brennen Leigh And Noel McKay

Came from over here, on a ship, to America, and then got all messed up by the Americans. _ _
And, [F] you know, _ kind of have a way of destroying a lot of things, I know.
Like the English language itself.
[D] Yeah.
_ But you might [B] recognize the story.
_ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ I think it's [G]
really an old, [Em] old story, but it's been [D] used _ a lot.
_ [Em] _ _
Shakespeare used it.
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_ _ _ _ [G] This song might be as old as him, I really don't know.
[Am] But it's a love song.
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It's also a [Gm] _ [N] murder song.
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You didn't think you'd [Em] get away that easy, [D] did you? _
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_ _ [D] _ Okay, [G]
dear, _ _ [Bm] go ask your mother
[E] _ If you can _ [G] be a [D] _
[A] man
_ _ If she [G] says yes, [D] come back and tell me
_ If she says [A] no, _ we'll [D] run away
Oh, Willie, [G] _
dear, there's [E] no use in asking
[D] _ She's in her room, [G] _ _ _ [D] taking a [A] rest
[Em] And by her _ [G] side is a golden [D] dagger
To slay the _ _ one [B] that I [E] love _ best _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] Okay, [G] dear, _ _ go ask [D] your father
_ If you can _ _ [G] be a _ [A] man
_ _ If he [G] says yes, come back [D] and tell me
If he says no, [B] _ we'll run [D]
away
_ Oh, [G] Willie, _ dear, there's no use [A] in asking
_ [D] _ He's in his room, [G] _ _ _ [D] [A] taking a rest
And [G] by his side _ is a [D] golden dagger
_ To slay the [A] one _ [D] that I love _ best
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_ [G] Then he picked _ up that golden [D] dagger
_ And stole it through _ [G] _ his travel [A]
door
_ Saying, goodbye, [G] _
_ Katie, goodbye, [D]
dark
_ The time has _
[A] come for us [E] to part
Then she [G] picked _ _ up that [D] bloody dagger
_ And stole it through [G] the _ _ [D] [A] white grass
_ Saying, [G] goodbye, mama, _ _ [D] goodbye, papa
_ I'll die with the one _ [Bm] that [E] I love _ best
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