Seneca Creek - Charles Wesley Godwin Chords
Chords: Capo, Am, Em7, C, G, F, Creek
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Genre: folk, country, americana
Anything with an Em7 is denoting either a walk-up or a walk-down. The only
walk-down is in the interlude
between Chorus 1 and Verse 3.
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
Am Em7 C
In the Spring of 1949
G Am
That’s when I crossed the county line
Am Em7 C
It’s there I saw in Seneca Creek
G Am
A girl named Ruth who washed her feet
Am Em7 C
I told her my name was RC Farris
G Am
That I’d marry her with half a karat
Am Em7 C
She said "I do, but no stone can reach
G Am
"The prettiest shine of this here creek"
[Verse 2]
Am Em7 C
The mud was deep and the roads were wide
G Am
We’d retreat and then re-take the lines
Am Em7 C
Korean winters had torn me down
G Am
And killed all the boys from my hometown
Am Em7 C
But I’m coming home, Ruth, my dear
G Am
I got money in my pocket, don’t you fear
Am Em7 C
We’ll build a life by Seneca Creek
G Am
You’ll have everything you’ll ever need
[Chorus 1]
C G F
Let’s build a home by Seneca Creek
C G Am
And raise ourselves a family
C G F
I’ll work on the farm, you work the store
C G Am
We’ll have everything we ever hoped for
C G F
With the top of a mountain above our heads
C G Am
And the roar of Seneca by the bed
Em7 C
Seneca Creek
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