Miss Charlottes Game

Gm Cm Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm Miss Charlotte Taylor was my wife Cm Gm I'm bound to love her all my life Gm My lovin' heart adored her so Cm Gm But my jealous mind just had to know Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm She was the prettiest girl around Cm Gm With hair of gold and eyes of brown Gm I swore I'd marry her some day Cm Gm No matter how, I'd find a way Cm Gm I'd soon be buried on a mountainside Cm Gm If I can't have Miss Charlotte for my bride Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm I won her heart one summer bright Cm Gm We ran away in the pale moonlight Gm In Birmingham she took my name Cm Gm And so began her little game Gm I built a home on fertile land Cm Gm I plowed these rows with my bare hands Gm And while I labored night n day Cm Gm Miss Charlotte threw our love away Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm Gm Cm Gm Gm I rode to town one August day Cm Gm And what I saw was hard to say Gm There stood Sherrif Sam McBride Cm Gm And I saw Miss Charlotte by his side 1 measure quiet break >quiet, serious< Gm I grabbed my gun in a jealous raaaaaaage........ Cm Gm I buried them in a shallow graaaaaave......... Gm Now in a cell for dawn I'll waaaaaaiiiit......... >now intense and forceful< Cm Cm Gm On the gallows high........I'll...meet...my...fate.... 1 measure quiet break Cm Gm I'd soon be buried on a mountainside Cm Gm If I can't have Miss Charlotte for my bride Cm Gm I'd soon be buried on a mountainside Cm Gm If I can't have Miss Charlotte for my bride Cm Cm Cm Gm