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The Appleblossom Rag by Josh Ritter


     The Appleblossom Rag 


Capo:4th fret
Standard Tuning
 
 
Chords used:
    EADGBe
C:  032010
C/B:020010
F:  133211
G:  320033
  
 
Intro Chords: [C - C/B - F - C - C]x2
 
 
Verse 1 chords:
C                C/B    F
Where's the queen    of my parade?
C                G
She ain't coming back
C             C/B    F
The only thing   she left me is
     C    G       C
This appleblossom rag
 
 
Chorus 1 chords:
C       F    C
Oh, the appleblossom rag
C        F       C
oh, such sweet refrain
    C               F
And hid beneath the chords, the thorns
     C          G     C
That cause such awful pain
 
 
Interlude:[C - C/B - F - C - C]
 
 
Verse 2: [use verse 1 chords]
This new gang's the gang for me
Always on the town
Oh, the stories I could tell
If I felt like it now
 
 
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords]
This new gang's the gang for me
I know all of their names
And they know mine and them that don't
All love me just the same
 
 
Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords]
Oh, the appleblossom rag
oh, for such a knife
That from my blood could love unbraid
Without taking my life
 
 
Interlude:[C - C/B - F - C - C]x2
 
 
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords]
This new girl's the girl for me
Best girl that I know.
Never asks me where I've been
or when I'm coming home
 
 
Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords]
This new girl's got a real fork-tongue
I love the way she lies.
A false young painted devil
But, I know so it's alright
 
 
Chorus 3: [use chorus 1 chords]
Oh, that appleblossom rag
Lord, I'm such a fool
for things that sing so sweet and sad
And are so goddamn cruel
 
 
Outro: [C - C/B - F - C - C]x2





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