Chords for The Factory Girl - Rhiannon Giddens

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_ _ As [Bb] I went to walk in on a fine summer's morning, _ the birds in the bushes did rustle and sing.
The lads in the last season, couples [C] were sportin', and then back to the factory, they
were to [Bb] begin.
_ I spied one amongst them, she was fairer than any.
Her cheeks like the roses
that bloom in the spring, the skin like the lily that blooms in yon valley.
She [Eb] was only
a hard [Bb]
-workin' factory girl.
_ I step it up to [Eb] her more [Bb] closely to view her.
[C] When on me
she cast a look of disdain, sayin' young man stand off me and do not. _ _
I work for my livin'
_ [Bb] and thinkin' no shame.
_ The next morning I was [Cm] there ready [Bbm] and waitin'.
[Bb] And waitin'
her to talk to me just for a spell.
[Eb] And each _ morning after [D] she lingered still longer.
And
then [Bb] hurried away at the sound. _ _ _ _
Then came the morning when silence did greet me.
The
[Gm] birds in the bushes were [Bb] chicken and still.
I stepped on the path where she often did
meet me.
And I walked to the factory.
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[Bbm] _ The crowd [N] gathered round couldn't hide the destruction.
I cast my eyes on it [C] in such _ disbelief.
The truth of the world settled into [Bb] the ashes.
A rich man's neglect is a poor man's grief.
_ _ _ As _ I stood [C] there, a whisper caressed me.
_ Soft
scent of roses my senses begun.
_ I lifted my _ [Bb] face and I saw that of me.
_ A [C] thousand young
_ _ butterflies. _ _ _
_ [Eb] Dark in the sun.
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