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The Girl I Left Behind

Traditional

C	F         G7	C	-
-	F	G7	C
-	-	-	-
-	F	G7	C  (G7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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I am lone -some since I crossed the hill and o'er the moor and val -ley,

Such a heav -y thought my heart do fill since part -ing with my Sal -y.

I seek no more the fine and gay. For ech -oes but re -mind me

How so swift the hours did pass a -way, With the girl I left be -hind me.

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Additional Lyrics (click here)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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