Lorene - Cal Smith Chords
Chords: A, D, B, E, B7, Bb, Eb, C, F
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Genre: country, folk, americana
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
I was just 23 when Lorene married me
D A
A good woman's greatest mistake
She was carrying my child but I was too young and wild
B E
For the burdens that marriage creates
[Verse 2]
A
So just like a coward I looked for a way out
D A
I went where the Slank River flows
D A
I left her a note inside of my coat
E A
And quickly walked off down the road
[Verse 3]
A
Lorene stood and shivered while they dragged the river
D A
For the body that was not to be found
I watched from a hill while they had my funeral
B B7 E
From there I could hear every sound
[Verse 4]
A
There were friends and relations
D A
And they all kept saying what shame it was I chose to die
D A
But the thing that still haunts me and tears at my conscience
E A
Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
[Chorus]
D A
Black velvet lace covered her face
E
But her grieving was too strong to hide
A
Yes, the thing that still haunts me and tears at my conscience
E A Bb
Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
[Verse 5]
Bb
After two years of hiding with my shame locked inside me
Eb Bb
My conscience led me back home
To a small country graveyard where a plain wooden marker
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