July

G A# G Summer came down with Ohio Fever A# G Ohio Fever G Summer came down G Farm took to fits A# G But I couldn't leave her A# G I couldn't leave her G Summer came down F G Black in the cotton and rot in the lamb F Ash in the windows G Ash on the land F Summer got spooked G Went yellow and ran F G We ain't going nowhere A# G We ain't going, going nowhere G A# G They filled her head with Ohio Fever A# G Ohio Fever G They filled her head G Wife rattled nonsense A# G The children believed her A# G Children believed her G They filled her head F G Beggared, the neighbors, like injuns, they fled F Emptied the streets G Emptied their beds F Emptied the pews G And left Hampshire for dead F G We ain't going nowhere A# G We ain't going, going nowhere G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G A# G Wife lashed her tongue with Ohio Fever A# G Ohio Fever G Wife lashed her tongue G Rags in her mouth A# G But I couldn't save her A# G I couldn't save her G Wife lashed her tongue F G Upstairs, the children awoke with a shrill F Cries borne of devils G Cries of the ill F Cries under pillows G Smothered, then still F G You ain't going nowhere A# G You ain't going, going nowhere G A# G I shot a gun full of Ohio Fever A# G Ohio Fever G I shot a gun G I prayed a moment A# G But I didn't grieve her A# G I didn't grieve her G I shot a gun F G Outside the tree coughed up blood 'Stead of leaves F Coughs from the floorboards G Coughs from the eaves F I climbed the coughing tree G Noose at my sleeves F G I ain't going nowhere A# G I ain't going, going nowhere G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West G Wagons, wagons A# Wheels, wheels G West, West, West, West N.C. Wagons, wagons N.C. Wheels, wheels N.C. West, West, West, West