Chords for Ralph Stanley II - Bluefield

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In the West Virginia hills there must be ten [Dm] thousand _ stills
[Gm] And they found the biggest one outside [F] of Bluefield
_ _ _ A little peaceful country town, _ nothing else four [Dm] miles around _
Saw whiskey run [Bb] like water down [F] through Bluefield _ _ _ _
[Bb] My troubles started [C] on that Tuesday _
[F] afternoon
_ The _ _ _
[Dm] sheriff told [C] me that it will never be [F] the same _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] He said we'd never put [C] a plant in [F] case _ Bluefield's [Dm] liquor's bad _
[Gm] And we will, as [Bb] sure as I was sheriff [F] of Bluefield
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On a Wednesday I [C] had ninety jars [F] to get _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Didn't think they had [C] the time to set [F] a trap _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] In the rush I heard [C] a sound, _ [F] and I swiftly _ [Dm] hit the ground _
[Bb] When I shot I sent them running back [F] to _ Bluefield _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ God _ is so suspect in me, _ I was the _ [Dm] sheriff's deputy _
[Gm] I made whiskey, [Bb] but God knows I [F] never killed
I _ _ _ didn't know he was that close when I let my eye shot go
[Gm] What I found, I killed [Bb] my friend, the [F] sheriff of Bluefield _ _ _ _
[Bb] I recall how my [C] mama and my [F] girlfriend tried _ _ _ _
[Bb] When they left me [C] for old, [F] what a trial _ _ _ _
[Bb] It's my last night [C] in this cell, [Dm] the last story I will tell
[Bb] As I sit on that throne and dream of _ [Dm] Bluefield _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Bluefield _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ Bluefield _ _ _ [F] Oh, _ Bluefield _ _ _ _
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