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Deavers Crossing by James McMurtry
Deavers Crossing
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Verse 1]
G C G
He walked the road with his back all bent
G D G
Ever since the accident
G C G
Leanin' on his walking cane
G D G
He kept walkin' just the same
[Chorus]
G C G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
G D
No one now keeps the ford
G C G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
G D G
Off into the setting sun
[Verse 2]
G C G
He was there through the darkest night
G D G
The gypsy moth and the chestnut blight
G C G
The market crash and the teapot dome
G D G
He was there when the boys came home
[Chorus]
G C G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
G D
No one now keeps the ford
G C G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
G D G
Off into the setting sun
[Verse 3]
G C G
He was there when Uncle Sam
G D G
Took away the neighbors' land
G C G
To make that Shenandoah Park
G D G
The woods got thick and the woods got dark
[Bridge]
C G D G
Start walkin' back towards town
C G D
Retrace your steps as you go
C G D G
Keep walkin', watch the ground
C G D
It's there somewhere I know
[Verse 4]
G C G
Deaver's gone, Mrs. Deaver too
G D G
Finer folk you never knew
G C G
With smiles for all you passers-by
G D G
And in the churchyard now they lie
[Instrumental]
C G D G
C G D
C G D G
C G D
[Verse 5]
G C G
So, when you fish that March Brown Hatch
G D G
Won't you share your morning's catch
G C G
With those whose ground you walked across
G D G
May their memory be not lost
[Chorus]
G C G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
G D
No one now keeps the ford
G C G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
G D G
Off into the setting sun
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