Chords for The Poplar Tree

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I'm holding [Bm] my head up, _ [D] _ I'm not gonna [Bm] cry, _ _ [D] _ or tell [Bm] them I need her, and [G] that without
her I [A] would die. _
_ [D] _ I'm not gonna [Bm] argue, _ [D] _ they won't listen [Bm] to me.
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I'm just gonna [Bm] stay right here, [G] under [A] the poplar [D]
tree.
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_ _ _ [D] _ Let me tell [Bm] you a story, _ _ [D] _
it happened [Bm] this way. _
_ [D] _ It was [Bm] born out of longing, [G] in a man that's gone [A] astray.
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I've been to [Bm] the valley, _ [D] in the shadow [Bm] of death.
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I've crossed [Bm] many rivers, _ [G]
wearing [A] a scar [D] on my chest.
_ [G] _ Can I [D] outrun this heartache?
_ [G] A man he so [D] can't hide.
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I gave my all to [Bm] that woman, then [G] she turned [A] around and said [D] goodbye.
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_ _ _ [D] _ I was in a high [Bm] desert, _ _ [D] _
Dell City was [Bm] the town. _ _
_ [D] _ That's when my [Bm]
luck turned sour, [G] this old boy started [A] showing out.
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He killed the clerk [Bm] and a young girl, [D] who was only standing there.
[Bm] _ _ _ [D] He looked at me real [Bm] peculiar, _ with [G] the bullets [A] flying through [D] the air. _
_ [G] _ I let out in [D] a hurry, _ _ [G] _ he went out in [D] a hurse.
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_ Heartbroken [Bm] and wanted, _ [G] couldn't tell you [A] which one of [D] them is worse.
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_ _ _ [D] He must have been [Bm] real important, _ [D] cause his posse caught up to [Bm] me. _ _
_ [D] _ I was holding [Bm] my head up, when [G] they hung me [A] from a poplar [D] tree.
Yes, [Bm] they hung me from the poplar tree. _
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