“Dear Sarah”
by Scott Miller 
 and the Commonwealth

Key A (Capo 2)
4/4 (very fast)

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Intro:
1, 2, 3, (wait 1 beat)

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Verse 1:
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Dear Sarah I’m stuck on a train bound for Richmond.
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We marched down from Gurnstown uphill all the way.
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At the train stop in Stanton, we pulled up and climbed on
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Then we just sat there for a night and a day.

Chorus:
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And the nights are long, but I write you ev’ry day.
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And I hum a song that you used to sing.
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The one of sweet William his love, Barbara Allen
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And how she was always a long ways away.

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Verse 2:
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My insides are all torn from hard tack and parch corn.
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My hat flew in a windstorm so the sun has turned me red.
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The first chance to lie still I pull out your Bible
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But fall fast asleep before one verse is read.

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3:
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Dear Sarah in parting keep me in your heart.
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I do not drink or gamble ‘cause I promised you I’d do.
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So as not to mislead you I did have a need to
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When we were surrounded and looked like we were through.  

(Repeat Chorus)

Tag:
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The one of sweet William, his love Barbara Allen
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And how she was always a long ways away.

Ending:
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In Scarlet Town, I did dwell. There was a fair maid a-dwellin’.
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Many men cried, well, for the love Barbara Allen.

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Outro:

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