Medicine Springs

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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Well I wandered way back in the mountains
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I was searching for fortune and fame
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I found where the water runs deep from the hills
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They call it the medicine springs
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They call it the medicine springs

Verse 2

   E
It was there that I met a fair maiden
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Yellow hair and big eyes of blue
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She told me one day she loved only me
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That she’d forever be true
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That she’d forever be true

Verse 3

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Well I wanted the best for my darlin’
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But my pockets were empty and bare
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My love was so great for that starlett of mine
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I took what another man had
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I took what another man had

Verse 4

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As I sit here alone in this jailhouse
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With a letter I can’t hardly read
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It said my darlin’ has left this ol’ world
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She’s a waitin’ in heaven for me
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She’s a waitin’ in heaven for me

Verse 5

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Some day I’ll go back to the mountains
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Where I’ll spend the rest of my days
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And the water that runs frome the side of the hill
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Will water her flowery grave
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Will water her flowery grave