WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Bill Monroe - Roane County Prison Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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In the beautiful hills in the mists of Roane County
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There's where I have roamed for many long years
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There's where my heart's been tendin most ever
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There's where the first step of misfortune I made
[Verse 2]
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It's about thirty years when I courted and married
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Armanda Gilbraith I'd soon call my wife
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My brother he stabbed me for some unknown reason
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Just three month's later I'd taken Tom's life
[Verse 3]
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I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
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Not a man in that county would speak one kind word
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When the jury came in with the verdict next mornin'
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A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard
[Verse 4]
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When the train pulled out poor Mother stood weepin'
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And sister she sat all alone with a sigh
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And the last words I heard was "Willy God bless you"
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Was "Willy God bless you God bless you goodbye"
[Verse 5]
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In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
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Toiling and working my poor life away
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They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
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Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days
[Interlude]
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[Outro]
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Boys when you write home from this prison in Nashville
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Place one of my songs in your letter for me
