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Tecumseh Valley by Josiah Early
Tecumseh Valley
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:D
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
D G D
Well the name she gave was Caroline
G D
She was the daughter of a miner
G
And her ways were free
D A
And it seemed to me
A G D
That sunshine walked beside her
[Verse 2]
D G D
She come from Spencer, across the hill
G D
She said her pa had sent her
G
Cause the coal was low
D A
And soon the snow
A G D
Would turn the skies to winter
[Verse 3]
D G D
But the times were hard Lord, and the jobs were few
G D
All through Tecumseh Valley
G
But she asked around
D A
And a job she found
A G D
Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's
[Verse 4]
D G D
She made enough to get back home
G D
When spring replaced the winter
G
But her dreams were denied
D A
Her pa had died
A G D
The word come down from Spencer
[Verse 5]
D G D
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets
G D
With all the lust inside her
G
And it was many a man
D A
Who returned again
A G D
To lay himself beside her
[Verse 6]
D G D
Well they found her down beneath the stairs
G D
That led to Gypsy Sally's
G
And in her hand when she died
D A
Was a note that cried
A G D
Fare-thee-well, Tecumseh Valley
[Verse 1]
D G D
Well the name she gave was Caroline
G D
She was the daughter of a miner
G
And her ways were free
D A
And it seemed to me
A G D
That sunshine walked beside her
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