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From: sitkoff@gluttony.cs.umass.edu
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 10:56:40 -0500

LILY OF THE WEST - arrg by Joan Baez

I took this down from "Ring Them Bells."  Unfortunately,
All I could figure out was the chord progression.  If anyone
out there could post a tab for this song, it's make me very
happy.

I think this is in the key of Am.  No capo is necessary.

     Am              C    G
When first I came to Louisville
     C                 Am
Some pleasure there to find
  C      F          Am    E
A damsel there from Lexington
    C              Am
Was pleasing to my mind
    C    F           Am   E
Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips
     C                 Am
Like arrows pierced my breast
        Am                C   G
And the name she bore was Flora
    C           Am
The Lily Of The West

I courted lovely Flora
Some pleasure there to find
She turned unto another man
Which sore distressed my mind
She robbed me of my liberty
Deprived me of my rest
Still I love my faithless Flora
The Lily Of The West

Down in yonder shady grove
A man of lowly breed
Conversing with my flower
It seemed so strange to me
And the answer that she gave to him
It sore did me oppress
I was betrayed by Flora
The Lily Of The West

I stepped up to my rival
My dagger in my hand
I grabbed him by the collar and
I boldly made him stand
Being mad to desperation
I pierced him in the breast
And all for lovely Flora
The Lily Of The West

I had to stand my trial
I had to make my plea
The placed me in the criminal box
And them commenced on me
Although she swore my life away
Deprived me of my rest
I love my faithless Flora
The Lily Of The West


Nathan Sitkoff
Computer Science Department
The University Of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA
sitkoff@cs.umass.edu