Tom: C
C Em F G C
In the beautiful hills in the midst of Roane Country
G G7
It's there that I labored my whole life away
C G F
It’s there that my heart is a-turnin' most ever
C G C F C
It's there the first steps of misfortune I made
[Verse 1]
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I’s about thirty years when I courted and married
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Miss Armanda Gilbert to be my fair wife
C F C
For some unknown reason, her brother Tom stabbed me
C G C F C
And not two months later, I'd taken Tom's life
[Verse 2]
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I's captured and tried in a village of Kingsport
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Not a soul in that village could say a kind word
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When a jury come in with the verdict next mornin'
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"A lifetime in prison," are the words that I heard
[Verse 3}
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Well my mama come down to see me at the station
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My sweet sister Donna stood there by her side
C G F
They turned for to go, but I was chained to the platform
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They said, "Willie, God bless you, God bless you, goodbye"
[Verse 4]
C Em F C
In the scorching hot sands of a foundry, I'm toiling
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Just a-toilin' and sweatin' my poor life away
C F C
When I die, bury me on the banks of old Cumberland
C G C F C
In the beautiful green hills of east Tennessee
[Verse 5]
Em F G C
In the beautiful hills in the midst of Roane Country
C G G7
It’s there that I’ve labored my whole life away
C G F
It's there that my heart is a-turnin’ most ever
C G C F C
It's there the first steps of misfortune I made
