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I Never Will Marry by The Carter Family - Guitar Chords
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TITLE: I Never Will Marry, aka Oh My Love's Gone, The Shells Of The Ocean, Down By The
Sea Shore...
ARTIST: The Carter Family
Recorded in 1933
Capo VI
[Intro]
C G F
C G C
[Verse 1]
C G F
One morning as I rambled all down the seashore
C G C
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar
G F
I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound
C G C
It sounded so lonesome in the waters around
[Chorus]
C G F
I never will marry or be no man's wife
C G C
I expect to live single all the days of my life
G F
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
C G C
The fish in deep water swim over my head
[Instrumental]
C G F
C G C
[Verse 2]
G F
She plunged her fair body in the ocean so deep
C G C
She closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep
G F
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
C G C
She's gone where I never will see her any more
[Chorus]
C G F
I never will marry or be no man's wife
C G C
I expect to live single all the days of my life
G F
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
C G C
The fish in deep water swim over my head
TITLE: I Never Will Marry, aka Oh My Love's Gone, The Shells Of The Ocean, Down By The
Sea Shore...
ARTIST: The Carter Family
Recorded in 1933
Or Capo III (might ease the picking)
F = G
C = D
Bb = C
[Intro]
F C Bb
F C F
[Verse 1]
F C Bb
One morning as I rambled all down the seashore
F C F
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar
C Bb
I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound
F C F
It sounded so lonesome in the waters around
[Chorus]
F C Bb
I never will marry or be no man's wife
F C F
I expect to live single all the days of my life
C Bb
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
F C F
The fish in deep water swim over my head
[Instrumental]
F C Bb
F C F
[Verse 2]
C Bb
She plunged her fair body in the ocean so deep
F C F
She closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep
C Bb
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
F C F
She's gone where I never will see her any more
[Chorus]
F C Bb
I never will marry or be no man's wife
F C F
I expect to live single all the days of my life
C Bb
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
F C F
The fish in deep water swim over my head
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TITLE: I Never Will Marry, aka Oh My Love's Gone, The Shells Of The Ocean, Down By The
Sea Shore...
ARTIST: The Carter Family
Recorded in 1933
Or Capo III (might ease the picking)
F = G
C = D
Bb = C
[Intro]
F C Bb
F C F
[Verse 1]
F C Bb
One morning as I rambled all down the seashore
F C F
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar
C Bb
I heard a fair damsel make a pitiful sound
F C F
It sounded so lonesome in the waters around
[Chorus]
F C Bb
I never will marry or be no man's wife
F C F
I expect to live single all the days of my life
C Bb
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
F C F
The fish in deep water swim over my head
[Instrumental]
F C Bb
F C F
[Verse 2]
C Bb
She plunged her fair body in the ocean so deep
F C F
She closed her blue eyes in the waters to sleep
C Bb
My love's gone and left me, the one I adore
F C F
She's gone where I never will see her any more
[Chorus]
F C Bb
I never will marry or be no man's wife
F C F
I expect to live single all the days of my life
C Bb
The shells in the ocean shall be my deathbed
F C F
The fish in deep water swim over my head
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- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
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