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Shorty George by Leadbelly - Guitar Chords

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            [Verse]
          C                                C7
Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no friend of mine
         F                                  C
Well-a, Shorty George, ain't no friend of mine
        G                               G7    C
He'sa taken all the women and left the men behind

[Verse]
       C                               C7
Well, my Papa died when I was just a lad,
    F                           C
My papa died when I was just a lad
          G                   G7         C
And ever since that day, I been to the bad

[Verse]
          C                                       C7
Got a letter from my baby, I couldn't read from crying
        F                                          C
Got a letter from my baby, I couldn't read from crying
             G                                   G7    C
She said my mama weren't dead yet, but she was slowly dying

[Verse]
          C                           C7
Well, I took my mama to the burying ground
  F                              C
I took my mama to the burying ground
         G                             G7    C
I never knowed I loved her till that coffin sound

[Verse]
          C                                               C7
Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my my mama's face
      F                                                C
Yes, I went down to the graveyard, peeped in my mama's face
   G                                   G7    C
"Ain't it hard to see you in this lonesome place?" 
        

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