Chords for The Plough

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[Cm] I packed up [Gm] my suitcase [Cm] and left the [Gm] old farm.
[Cm] I promised [Bb] my papa [A] I'd come to [Gm] no harm.
[Cm] And I went to [Bb] the city [Eb] where I was [G] employed
[Cm] In a firm [Gm] of accountants [A] as an [Gm] office boy.
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_ _ _ [G] fetched and [Cm] I carried, [G] I watched and I [Cm] learned.
[C] And slowly [Fm] but surely [C] I rose through [Fm] the firm.
[Db] But then I [Cm] discovered [G] my colleagues [Cm] one day
_ [Ab] _ Massaging [Eb] the figures for personal [C] gain.
[Fm] I said, I'll [Gb] not wallow [Cm] in this house [E] of shame. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] I'll plow my [Gm] own furrow, [Cm] I'll go my [Gm] own _ [Cm] way. _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Gravely [Gm] I listened [Cm] to Reverend [Gm] McBride
_ [Cm] Down at [Bb] the mission [A] house each Friday [Gm] _ night.
[Cm] _ Heaven's [Bb] salvation [Eb] for those who [G] know best.
_ [Cm] Hell, a [Gm] _ damnation, [A] all on [Gm] the rest. _ _ _ _
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[G] Try as [Cm] I might I [G] could not [Cm] understand _ _
[C] Why the [Fm] _ Almighty's [G] all-merciful [Fm] _ hand
[Db] Should cast away [Cm] those [G] whose only [Cm] mistake _
[Ab] Was never to [Eb] know the [Bb] _ Christian [C] faith.
[Fm] The stars that we [B] follow [Cm] can lead us [E] astray. _
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I'll plow my [Gm] own furrow, [Cm] I'll go my own [Gm] way.
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[Cm] I fled from [Gm] the _ [Cm] capital's bourgeois [Gm] _ malaise
[Cm] And trekked through [Bb] the wilderness [A] for fourteen [Gm] days.
[Cm] Till I found the [Bb] _ guerrillas [Eb] camped high in [G] the hills.
[Cm] I asked [Bb] Comrade Diaz [A] whom I [Gm] should kill.
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_ _ [G] I crept into [Cm] town with [G] a knife in [Cm] my teeth
[C] And entered [Fm] the home of [C] the chief of [Fm] police.
[Db] I stood at [Cm] his bedside [G] and raised up [Cm] my blade.
[Ab] Then I looked to [Eb] the crib where [Bb] his little [C] one lay.
[Fm] You murder [B] tomorrow [Ab] by killing _ today.
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_ _ _ [Cm] I'll plow my own [Gm] furrow, [Cm] I'll go my own way.
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