Wilkes County Clay

Am Em Em In North Carolina, the County of Wilkes D A D Em There's a tale of desception, murder, and guilt Em G I'll spare no compassion, the truth I will tell D A B7 Em Let God alone judge me this side of hell. Em Miss Annie and Laura, Fairest of fair D A D Em Cast a spell on all suiters with beauty so rare Em G One was jealous, the other naive, D A B7 Em One plan to marry, one to deceive G D Am Tom won't you play your fiddle Am B7 Em Play a joyful song G D Am Don't Worry about tomorrow Am B7 Em Cause tomorrow you'll be gone Break Same as Verse Em Annie said Laura, Tom said to me D A D Em Meet him on the hillside beneath the Sycamore trees Em G Just after midnight, the last day of May D A B7 Em Go to him Laura and both run away Em She hide like a panther, in the black of the night D A D Em Killed Laura Foster with a Bone handled knife Em G She burried her body in a cold shallow grave D A B7 Em Along with her secret in the Wilkes Co. Clay Break Same as Chorus Em Now Sheriff Bob Mason was a hard jealous man D A B7 Em and all that he wanted, was young Laura's hand Em G His heart was broken, his head full of rage D A B7 G when he blamed Tom Doolin, Not a question was raised Em In the Village of Statesville, States quickly tried D A D Em he spoke not a word in the feats of his life Em G They hung him by the neck on the last day of June D A B7 Em and his final request was an old fiddle tune G D Am Tom won't you play your fiddle Am B7 Em play a joyful song G D Am Don't worry about tomorrow Am B7 Em cause tomorrow you'll be gone. N.C. NOTE*** On the D and A Chords, I play them like this. D Chord E ---0---- B ---3---- G ---2---- D ---0---- A ---0---- E ---0---- A Chord E ---0---- B ---0---- G ---2---- D ---2---- A ---0---- E ---0----