Chords for Patches-Dickie Lee-1962

[Gb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] Down by the river [Gb] that flows by [Db] the coalyards _ Stand wooden houses [Gb] with shutters [Ab] torn down
[Db] There [Fm] lives a girl _ [Gb] everybody [Db] calls Patches _ Patches, my darling, [Ab] of _ [Db] _ Oceanytown
[A] _
We [D] _ _ planned to marry [G] when June [D] brought the summer I couldn't wait to [G] make Patches [A] my bride
[D] Now I [Gbm] don't see how [G] that ever [D] can happen _ My folks say no and [A] my heart breaks [D] _
inside _ _ _ _
Patches, oh [G] what can [A] I do?
[G] I _ [Em] _
swear [D] I'll always love you
But [G] a girl from that place will [D] just bring me [Bm] disgrace [D] So my folks [A] won't let me [D] love you
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] Each night I cry [Ab] as I think of [Eb] that [Bb] shanty [Eb] And pretty Patches [Ab] there watching the [Bb] door
[Eb] She _ [Gm] doesn't know that [Ab] I can't come [Eb] to see [Bb] her [Eb] _ Patches must think that [Bb] I love her [Eb] no more
_ [B] _ _ _ [E] I hear a neighbor _ [A] telling [E] my father _ He says a girl [A] named Patches [B] was found
[E] _
Floating [Abm] face down [E] in [A] that dirty [E] old river That flows by the coalyards [B] in old _ [E] _ Shantytown _ _
_ _ Patches, [B] oh [A] what can [B] I do?
_ [A] I _ [Gbm] swear [E] I'll always love you
[A] It may not be right, [E] but I'll join you [Dbm] _ tonight [E] _ _
Patches, [Abm] I'm [A] _
[B] coming too
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _