John Brown's Dream

Red Tail Ring

Traditional

Key of Dm · Chords: IV VII iv

Intro

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Verse 1

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I've always been a rambler, my fortune's been quite hard.
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Always loved the women, drink whiskey and played cards.
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My parents treated me kindly, as they had no boy but me
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My mind was bent on rambling, at home I couldn't agree.
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Verse 2

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There was a wealthy farmer who lived in the country by
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He had one handsome daughter on who I cast an eye
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She was so tall and handsome, so pretty and so fair
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There ain't one girl in the wide world with her I could compare
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Verse 3

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So I asked if it made any difference if I walked o'er the way
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She said to me no difference so you return again
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She said that she'd prove true to me until I proved unkind
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So I shook hands and parted and left that girl behind
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Verse 4

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I left old North Carolina, to Marion I did go
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Then on to Johnson City, gonna see this wide world o'er
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Where work and money was plentiful and the women treat me kind
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The only object of my heart was the girl I left behind
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Verse 5

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I rambled out one evening down on the public square
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The mail had just arriven when the post-boy met me there
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He handed me a letter which he gives me to understand
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The girl I'd left in Carolina had married another man
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Verse 6

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I read a few lines further 'til I found that it was true
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My heart was filled with trouble, I didn't know what to do
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My heart was filled with trouble, and trouble's on my mind
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I'm goin' to drink and gamble for the one I left behind

Outro

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