The Lily Of The West Tabulatur von Joan Baez

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

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


  Am            C    G   
Way down in yonder shady grove
   F            Am
A man of high degree
  C      F                G
Conversing with my Flora there
    F             Am
It seemed so strange to me
    F                     G
And the answer that she gave to him
    Am
It sore did me oppress
                  C G
I was betrayed by Flora
     C          Am
The Lily Of The West

 
  Am            C    G   
I stepped up to my rival
   F            Am
My dagger in my hand
   C      F                G
I seized him by the collar and
    F             Am
I boldly bade him stand
    F                G
Being mad to desperation
   Am
I pierced him in the breast
                  C G
Then go my lovely Flora
     C          Am
The Lily Of The West
 
  Am            C    G   
And I had to stand my trial
   F            Am
I had to make my plea
   C      F                G
They placed me in the criminal box
    F             Am
And then commenced on me
    F                G
Although she swore my life away
   Am
Deprived me of my rest
                                 C G
Still I love my faithless Flora
     C          Am
The Lily Of The West