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I Killed Sally's Lover

The Avett Brothers
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|-----------5-----------------5h8-88----------5-------7-5-------------------|
B|-------5-8---8-5-8-------5-8-------------5-8---8-5-8-----8-5-8~------------|
G|--7-77--------------7-77------------7-77-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Somebody  get my shotgun
Somebody  get my blade
Sally's  been layin' with another man
 And he's  sleeping in my place
Somebody  get my shotgun
 Gonna shoot  him sure as rain
 You can  run as fast as you want to boy
 I'll kill  you just the same
 Somebody get my pocket blade
 Gonna cut him don't you know
 You can try to hide all you want to boy
 There ain't nowhere to go
 Somebody get my shotgun
 Somebody get my blade
 Sally's been layin' with another man
 And he's sleeping in my place
 Now Sally don't go thinkin'
 That you got off so clean
 I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
 But I just ain't that mean
 So I go and get my murder tools
 I throw them in the lake
 Gonna steal me an automobile
 And drive so far away
 Now I am a fugitive
 I'm always on the run
 Sally told the policeman
 Exactly what I'd done
 I went and got my shotgun
 I went and got my blade
 Killed poor Sally's lover
 And I put him in the grave.
 Now all you ramblin' fellas
 You listen close to me
 That woman gonna bring you pain
 Your heart is gonna bleed
 But it ain't worth the trouble
 The sufferin' or the grief
 A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
 I killed Sally's lover
 One dark and dreary day
 Sally got another
 And I got sent away
 Somebody get my shotgun
 Somebody get my blade
 Sally's been laying with another man
 And I set him in his grave

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Readable chord sheet for I Killed Sally's Lover by The Avett Brothers

e|-----------5-----------------5h8-88----------5-------7-5-------------------|
B|-------5-8---8-5-8-------5-8-------------5-8---8-5-8-----8-5-8~------------|
G|--7-77--------------7-77------------7-77-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[G]Somebody get my shotgun
[C]Somebody get my blade
[G]Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's[D] sleeping in my [G]place
[G]Somebody get my shotgun
Gonna [C]shoot him sure as rain
You can[G] run as fast as you want to boy
I'll [D]kill you just the [G]same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don't you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain't nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'
That you got off so clean
I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain't that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I'm always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I'd done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally's lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain't worth the trouble
The sufferin' or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally's lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave

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