WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Josh Turner - The Ballad Of John Mccrae Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Em C G C D Em
[Verse]
Em C G
On the banks of the Missouri
G C D Em
Annie Washed up in the clay
Em C G
And they took her to her father
G C D Em
Told him it was John McCrae
Em C G
Now I'm running through the badlands
G C D Em
Covering my tracks
Em C G
Northward toward Dakota
G C D Em
With the devil on my back
[Chorus]
Am D G
Oh, the river flows
Am D G
To our immortal home
B7 Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul
[Instrumental]
Em C G C D Em
[Verse]
Em C G
Well I took her down by the stream side
G C D Em
For to make that girl my bride
Em C G
But in the fold of her pretty white dress
G C D Em
Lay her father's bowie knife
Em C G
Well she pulled that steel blade on me
G C D Em
Told me she would take my life
Em C G
So I pushed her into the river
G C D Em
She went under with the tide
[Chorus]
Am D G
Oh, the river flows
Am D G
To our immortal home
B7 Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul
[Verse]
Em C G
I am standing at the gallows
G C D Em
And the scaffold it is high
Em C G
And the hangman asked my last words
G C D Em
Before I'm condemned to die
Em C G
So I begged God, "Don't forgive me
G C G Em
for the trouble I have sown
Em C G
for I'll soon see my pretty Annie
G C D Em
in the hell fire down below."
[Chorus]
Am D G
Oh, the river flows
Am D G
To our immortal home
B7 Em
Oh Annie, oh my soul
