Chords for Mean Mary on fast banjo - Iron Horse

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_ _ In all the plains as lovers do we race beneath the summer sun
_ _ _ _ My dusky eyes met his so blue our soaring spirits breathed as one _ _
_ _ We blazed our love across the sky surrendered to its ancient force
_ _ _ Until the day he said goodbye and climbed aboard the iron _ horse
_ I heard its challenge [Gm] loud and shrill [Cm] as we tested off the great divide
[C] But though my steed had the [Bb] stronger [Gm] will the iron [C] horse had the longer stride _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
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_ His whistle cut me like a blade [Gm] I loathed screaming, [Cm] spooky crying
I _ _ _ put it in he was an [Bb] inmate I'll ride like wind and [Cm] ask him why
I _ _ stride my fearless painted gun [Bb] I chose my pace and [Cm] set my course
To _ _ catch this demon on the run [Bb] my steed against this [Cm] iron horse _
_ I heard its _ challenge loud [Gm] and shrill as we tested off the [Cm] great divide
But though my steed had the stronger [Gm] will the iron [C]
horse had the longer stride
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_ heard its [D] _ [Cm] challenge loud [Bb] and shrill [Gm] as we labored [Cm] off the great divide
But though I had the [Bb] stronger will [Gm] the iron horse had the longer [Cm] stride
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Through the [Bb] thunder [C] of its [Bb] glare I yelled my fury [F] at the [Cm] _ beast _
_ Wasted [Bb] words lost [Cm] in the [Bb] air as it roared its way [C] forever east
[Gm] And the iron [Am] horse's speed _ [C] increased _ _ _ _ _
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