Ralph Stanley - Medicine Springs Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well I wandered way back in the mountains
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I was searching for fortune and fame
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I found where the water runs sweet from the hills
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They call it the medicine springs
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They call it the medicine springs
 
 
[Verse 2]
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It was there that I met a fair maiden
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Yellow hair and big eyes of blue
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She told me one day she loved only me
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That she’d forever be true
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That she’d forever be true
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I wanted the best for my darlin’
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But my pockets were empty and bare
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My love was so great for that starlett of mine
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I took what another man had
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I took what another man had
 
 
[Verse 4]
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As I sit here alone in this jailhouse
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With a letter I can't hardly read
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It said my darlin’ has left this ol’ world
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She’s a waitin’ in heaven for me
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Waitin’ in heaven for me
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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Some day I’ll go back to the mountains
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Where I’ll spend the rest of my days
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And the water that runs frome the side of the hill
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Will water her flowery grave
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Will water her flowery grave