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Snow White Dove by Lloyd Snow
Snow White Dove
Tuning : Standard
No Capo
Intro : D,A,D
D A
They were very very happy, their marriage was a gem,
G D A
But death was soon to take his pretty wife away from him;
D G
With her dying breath she whispered, we have everlasting love,
D A D
And I'll come back to be with you as a little snow white dove.
D A
Time went by and nothing happened, the dove did not appear,
G D
The young man fell in love again and married in a year;
G
But the day he brought his new bride home the neighbors were to see,
D A D
A snow white dove come fluttering down upon the snowball tree.
A
There she sobbed and moaned heartbroken in an almost human way,
G D
No matter what the weather, she would perch there every day;
G
When the neighbors and the servants, now the story they had learned,
D A D
That in the `guise of this white dove the young wife had returned.
A
The new bride heard the story and her nerves began to fail,
G D
The young man tried to help her but it was to no avail;
G
To save his second marriage he knew something must be done,
D A D E
So at dawning the next morning he went out with his gun.
G
He raised the gun and fired through the leaves so deep and green,
A E
The snow white breast turned scarlet and he heard a woman scream;
A
The dove flew high into the air and disappeared from sight,
E G E
But as he lay there in slumber the young man died that night.
G
'Neath the snow ball tree they buried him to lie in last repose,
A A E
The young wife and the servants left for where nobody knows;
A
Now the big house stands there empty and the garden lies in ruins,
E G E
But above the young man's grave each year the snow ball tree still blooms.
G
They say that no one comes to see that lonely unkempt green,
A E
But every year at a certain time a visitor is seen;
G E A
And if you spoke to the neighbors then they'll tell you what they see,
E G E
Its a snow white dove with a scarlet breast perched on the snow ball tree.
G
There she sobs and moans heartbroken in an almost human way,
A E
No matter what the weather she will perch there every day;
A
And she seems forlorn and lonely for a love that couldn't last,
E G E
And you hear her cry in anguish for a sad and tragic past.
Outro : A,E,G,E
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