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Death Of Floyd Collins by John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Death Of Floyd Collins
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
C F C C D G C F G G C
[Verse]
C F C
Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell
C D G
The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well
C F C
His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave
C G C G
His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave
C F C
Oh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad
C D G
I'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had
C F C
I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save
C G C
I cried "oh, must I perish within this silent cave"
C F C
The rescue party labored, they worked both night and day
C D G
To move the mighty barrier that stood within their way
C F C
To rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry
C G C
"We'll never, no we'll never, let Floyd Collins die"
C F C
But on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky
C D C
The workers still were busy, "we'll save him by and by"
C F C
But oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved
C G C
His body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave
[Instrumental]
C F C C D G C F G G C
C F C
Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate
C D G
And get right with your maker before it is too late
C F C
It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb
C G C
But on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom
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