There Is A Tavern In The Town (chrom)

THERE IS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN
Trad. British folk
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Key: C

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There is a tav-ern in the town, 
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in the town,
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And there my true love sits him down, 
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sits him down,
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And drinks his wine as mer-ry as can be,
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And nev-er, nev-er thinks of me.

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Fare thee well, for I must leave thee,
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Do not let this part-ing grieve thee,
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And re-mem-ber that the best of friends 
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must part, must part
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A-dieu, a-dieu, kind friends 
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a-dieu, yes, a-dieu,
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I can no long-er stay with you, 
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stay with you,
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I'll hang my heart 
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on the weep-ing wil-low tree,
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And may the world go well with thee.

He left me for a damsel dark, 
damsel dark,
Each Friday night they used to spark, 
used to spark,
And now my love once true to me,
Takes that dark damsel on his knee.
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Oh! dig my grave both wide and deep, 
wide and deep,
Put tombstones at my head and feet, 
head and feet,
And on my breast carve a turtle dove,
To signify I died of love.
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