The Lily Of The West - Joan Baez | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When first I came to Louisville
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Some pleasure there to find
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A damsel there from Lexington
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Was pleasing to my mind

[Chorus (1)]
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Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips
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Like  arrows pierced my breast
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And the name she bore was Flora
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The Lily Of The West

[Verse 2]
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  A#m            C# G#
I courted lovely Flora
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Some pleasure there to find
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"But" she turned unto another man
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Which sore distressed my mind

[Chorus (2)]
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She robbed me of my liberty
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Deprived me of my rest
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"Then go my lovely" Flora
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The Lily Of The West

[Verse 3]
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      A#m            C#    G#
"Way" down in yonder shady grove
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A man of high degree
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Conversing with my Flora there
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It seemed so strange to me

[Chorus (3)]
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And the answer that she gave to him
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It sure did me oppress
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I was betrayed by Flora
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The Lily Of The West

[Verse 4]
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I stepped up to my rival
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My dagger in my hand
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I seized him by the collar and
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I boldly made him stand

[Chorus (4)]
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      F#                G# A#m
Being mad to desperation I pierced him in the breast
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"Then go" my lovely Flora
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The Lily Of The West

[Verse 5]
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"And" I had to stand my trial
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I had to make my plea
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They placed me in the criminal box
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And then commenced on me

[Chorus (5)]
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Although she swore my life away
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Deprived me of my rest
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Still I love my faithless Flora
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The Lily Of The West

[Outro]
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