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From: sitkoff@gluttony.cs.umass.edu
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:56:40 -0500
LILY OF THE WEST - arrg by Joan Baez
I took this down from "Ring Them Bells." Unfortunately,
All I could figure out was the chord progression. If anyone
out there could post a tab for this song, it's make me very
happy.
I think this is in the key of Am. No capo is necessary.
Am C G
When first I came to Louisville
C Am
Some pleasure there to find
C F Am E
A damsel there from Lexington
C Am
Was pleasing to my mind
C F Am E
Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips
C Am
Like arrows pierced my breast
Am C G
And the name she bore was Flora
C Am
The Lily Of The West
I courted lovely Flora
Some pleasure there to find
She turned unto another man
Which sore distressed my mind
She robbed me of my liberty
Deprived me of my rest
Still I love my faithless Flora
The Lily Of The West
Down in yonder shady grove
A man of lowly breed
Conversing with my flower
It seemed so strange to me
And the answer that she gave to him
It sore did me oppress
I was betrayed by Flora
The Lily Of The West
I stepped up to my rival
My dagger in my hand
I grabbed him by the collar and
I boldly made him stand
Being mad to desperation
I pierced him in the breast
And all for lovely Flora
The Lily Of The West
I had to stand my trial
I had to make my plea
The placed me in the criminal box
And them commenced on me
Although she swore my life away
Deprived me of my rest
I love my faithless Flora
The Lily Of The West
Nathan Sitkoff
Computer Science Department
The University Of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
sitkoff@cs.umass.edu