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D G A Bm D G A D
[Verse 1]
D G
baby's gone and i don't know why
A Bm
she headed out this morning
G
like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
A D
she left me without warning
[Verse 2]
D G
sooner than the dogs could bark
A Bm
faster than the sun rose
G
down to the banks in an old mule cart
A D
she took a flat boat 'cross the shallows
[Chorus]
G
left me in my tears to drown
A Bm
she left a baby daughter
G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
A D
she's crossing muddy waters
[Instrumental]
D G A D
[Verse 3]
D G
tobacco standing in the fields
A Bm
be rotten come november
G
and a bitter heart will not reveal
A D
a spring that love remembers
[Verse 4]
D G
when that sweet brown girl of mine
A Bm
hair black as a raven
G
we broke the bread and drank the wine
A D
from a jug that she'd been saving
[Chords]
G
left me in my tears to drown
A Bm
she left a baby daughter
G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
A D
she's crossing muddy waters
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
D G
baby's crying and the daylight's gone
A Bm
that big oak tree is groaning
D G
in a rush of wind and a river song
A D
i can hear my true love moaning
D G
crying for her baby child
A Bm
oooooooh crying for her husband
D G
crying for that rivers wild
A D
to take her from her loved ones
[Chorus]
G
left me in my tears to drown
A Bm
she left a baby daughter
G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
A D
she's crossing muddy waters
G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
A D
she's crossing muddy waters
