Tecumseh Valley Chords by Townes Van Zandt

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_ _ _ _ _ Well the name she gave was [F] _ _ _ .
[C] Caroline, _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ the daughter _ of [C] a miner.
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[F] And her ways were free, _ and it [Bm] seemed to [A] me, _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] the sunshine _ _ _ walked _ [F] beside her.
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She'd come from Spencer, _ _ [F] _ _ .
across [C] the hill.
_ She _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ said her pa had [C] sent her, _ _ _ _ _ [F] cause the cold was low.
_ And soon [G] the [A] snow _ [Am] would _ _ [G] _ turn _ _ the [F] skies to winter.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
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Well she said she'd come _ [F] _ to look for [C] work.
_ She _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ was not _ seeking [C] _ favors _ for _ [Fm] a dime [F] a day, _ and a place [Bm] [A] to stay.
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[Am] _ _ _ [G] She turned _ those _ hands [F] to labor.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ But the times were hard, Lord, [F] _ and her jobs [C] were few, _ _ _ _ _ .
[F] _ _ all through Tecumseh [C] Valley.
_ _ But _ _ .
[F] she _ asked around, _ till a _ [Bm] job [A] she found, _ _ .
[Am] _ _ _ [G] a tending bar _ at _ [F] Gypsy _ _ Sally's.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well she saved enough _ [F] to get [C] back home, _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [F] _ when spring _ replaced the [C] winter.
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[F] But her dreams were denied, _ Pa [B] _ [A] had died.
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_ _ _ [G] Well a word _ had come down [F] from Spencer.
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ .
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So she turned to [G] whoring, _ [F] _ out on [C] the streets, _ _ _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ with all the lust [C] inside her.
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[F] And it was many a man, _ _ returned [G] _ _ [Am] again, _ _ _ _ _ [G] to lay _ _ himself _ [F] beside her.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well they found her down, [G] _ _ [F] _ _ .
beneath the [C] stairs, _ _ _ _ .
_ [F] _ _ _ that led to Gypsy [C] _ Sally's.
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[F] And in her hand when she died, _ was an [Em] _ oath that [Am] cried,.
_ _ _ _ [G] Fare thee well, _ _ _ _ Tecumseh [F] Valley.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well the name she gave, _ _ [F] _ .
was [C] Caroline, _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ _ the daughter _ [C] of a miner.
_ And _ _ [F] her ways _ were free, _ and it _ [G] seemed [A] to me, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] that sunshine _ _ _ _ walked [F] beside her.
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