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Nanci Griffith - Tecumseh Valley (Chord)
Album: Other Voices, Other Rooms (1992)
Submitter: GeetarPikinGirl (23) on 4/1/03
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TECUMSEH VALLEY
Words & Music by Townes Van Zandt
Recorded by Nanci Griffith

C                    F        C
The name she gave was Caroline
F               C     C
Daughter of a miner
F                       Em          Am
And her ways were free and it seemed to me
G                       F                 C     
The sunshine walked beside her.


C               C  F        C
She came from Spencer across the hill
F       F     C     C
She said her Pa had sent her
F         F           Em          Am
'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow
G           G         F        F      C     C
Would turn the skies to winter.


C            C   F        C
She said she'd come to look for work
F       F     C     C
She was not seeking favor
F         F           Em          Am
For a dime a day and a place to stay
G           G         F        F      C     C
She turned those hands to labor.


C                C        F        C
But the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few
    F       F     C     C
All through Tecumseh Valley
F         F           Em          Am
She'd ask around, and a job she found
G           G         F        F      C     C
Tendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's.


C             C    F        C
She saved enough to get back home
F       F     C     C
And spring replaced the winter
F         F           Em          Am
But her dreams were denied, her Pa had died
G           G         F        F      C     C
The word come down from Spencer.


C              C   F        C
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
F       F     C     C
With all the lust inside her
F         F           Em          Am
And it was many a man returned again
G           G         F        F      C     C
To lay himself beside her.


C            C   F        C
They found her down beneath the stairs
F       F     C     C
That led to Gypsy Sally's
F         F           Em          Am
And in her hand when she died was a note that cried
G           G         F        F      C     C
"Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley".


**instrumental verse***

**repeat first verse*** 
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