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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: March 19, 1998
Misc Listing
PATCHES Dickey Lee
G7 C Em F C
Down by the river that flows by the coal yard
Em F G7
Stands wooden houses with shutters torn down
C Em F C Am Em F G7 C
There lives a girl every-body calls Patches Patches my darling of old shanty town
C Em F C
We planned to married when June brought the summer
Em F G7 C Em F C
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride Now I don't see how that ever can happen
Em F G7 C
My folks say no and my heart breaks in-side
Chorus:
C C7 G G7 F C
Patches Oh what can I do I swear I'll always love you
F C F G7
1. But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace so my folks won't let me love
C
you
F C F G7 C
2. It may not be right but I'll join you tonight Patches I'm coming to you.
2nd verse:
C Em F C Em F G7
I cry each night as I think of that Shanty and pretty Patches there watching the door
C Em F C Em F G7 C
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her Patches must think that I love her no more
Em F C Em F G7
I hear a neightbor telling my father He said a girl name a Patches was found
C Em F C Em F G7
Floating face downward in that dirty old river that flows by the coal yard in old shanty
C
town.
chorus with 2.
