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C C F C
On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow,
C C F C
I lost my true lover for courtin' so slow
C Am C Am
Now, courtin' is a pleasure and partin' is grief,
C C F C
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.
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C C F C
For a thief will just rob you and take what you save,
C C F C
But a false-hearted lover will lead you to your grave.
C Am C Am
And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust;
C C F C
Not one man in 10 thousand a poor girl can trust.
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C C F C
They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies
C C F C
Than crossties on a railroad or stars in the sky.
C Am C Am
They'll throw their arms around you and give your heart ease,
C C F C
But the minute your back's turned they love whom they please
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C C F C
Come all you young women take a warnin' from me
C C F C
Never place your affections on a green growin' tree
C Am C Am
The leaves they will wither the roots they will die
C C F C
You'll all be forsaken and never know why
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C C F C
Yet if I am forsaken I'll not be forsworn,
C C F C
And he sure is mistaken if he thinks I will mourn.
C Am C Am
Oh Johnny is a young man but still younger am I,
C C F C
And often, as he told me, that he'd wed me or die
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C C F C
On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow,
C C F C
I lost my true lover for courtin' so slow
C Am C Am
Now, courtin' is a pleasure and partin' is grief,
C C F C
And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief.
