Chords for The Tillers - Willie Dear [Live at WAMU's Bluegrass Country]

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Willie dear, [C] you've got a mind to leave me once [G] again
[D] To see your [G] ship upon the [C] shore and freight all [G] loaded in
Oh Lizzie dear, you know that I'm a ship out with [Em] the [G] crew
Though the river carries me, [C] my heart [G] remains with you
_ Now [C] Willie's ship departed from the docks [G] early next day
_ [D] _ [G] Elizabeth looked on [C] as he floated [G] far away
From the house upon the hill she'd wait and watch the [Em] river bend
[G] For the ship to bring her own true [C] love safely [G] home again
_ Well he toiled aboard [C] the boat for months with hands so rough [G] and raw
[D] She waited [G] for a letter [C] as the sun did [G] rise and fall
Until one day she saw the smoke and heard [Em] the hissing steam
[G] The weary ship returning from [C] the halls of New [G] Orleans _
Just _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ then a [C] loud explosion broke and trembled [G] hills around
Her eyes so wide in horror as [C] the tears [G] come pouring down
Out astern the ship did burn, she heard the [Em] sailors cry
[G] _ Flames and fire, rapture [C] lighting up the [G] midnight sky
Then with a [C] trembling hand upon the pen [G] she wrote for he
This world can show no beauty if with [C] you I [G] cannot be
Oh loneliness I can't endure to drown in [Em] sorrows tight
[G] _ Oh to meet my Willie dear [C] upon the [G] other side
Next day the [C] ship come rolling in and anchored in [G] the wake _
[D] Aboard was [G] Willie Thompson [C] on arrival one [G] day late
As fast as he could travel and through the [Em] door he broke
[G] And up the stairs he found his [C] darling hanging
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time did [C] pass for Willie as he walked this [G] world alone
The [D] time [G] stood still upon the hill where [C] sat poor [G] Lizzy's home
And now so still and quiet there [Bm] stands the [Em] open door
[G] With dust upon the window [C] pane and shadows [G] on the floor
It takes eighteen [C] stairs to bring her up to [G] the widow's walk
And five windows for to [C] view the rusted [G] steam ship dock
_ Lizzy's standing by the chair, is she in the hall?
Or is she in the corner with [C] a pale [G] face to the wall?
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Oh that [C] girl, the pretty [Em] little girl, the girl I left [G] behind me
_ [C] [G] The girl I left behind me
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