Flora Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em][Am]

[Verse 1]
When first I came to [C]Louis[G]ville,
my [C]fortune there [Am]to find,
I met a fair young [C]maiden [G]there,
[F]her beauty [Em]filled [Am]my mind.
Her rosy cheek, her [C]ruby [E]lips,
they [Am]gave my heart no rest.
The name she bore was [C]Flor[D] a,[Dm]
the lily of the [Am]west.

[Verse 2]
[Am]
I courted lovely [C]Flor[G] a,
she [C]promised ne'er [Am]to go.
But soon a tale was [C]told to [G]me that
[F]filled [Em]my heart wi[Am]th woe.
They said she meets an[C]other [E]man
who [Am]holds my [Em]love in [Am]jest.
And yet I trusted [C]Flor[D] a,[Dm]
the lily of the [Am]west.

[Verse 3]
[Am]
'Way down in yonder [C]shady [G]grove,
a [C]man of low [D]de [Am]gree,
He spoke unto my [C]Flora [G]there and
[Em]kissed her 'neath a [Am]tree.
The answers that she [C]gave to [E]him
like [Am]arrows [Em]pierced my [Am]breast.
I was betrayed by [C]Flor[D] a,[Dm]
the lily of the [Am]west.

[Verse 4]
[Am]
I stepped up to my [C]rival,
[G]my dag[C]ger in my [D]han[Am]d.
I seized him by the [C]collar an[G]d
I [F]ordered [C]him[Em] to sta[Am]nd.
All in my [C]des[E]peration I
[Am]stabbed him [Em]in h[Am]is breast.
I'd killed a man for [C]Flor[D] a,[Dm]
the lily of [Am]the west.
[Em][Am]

[Verse 5]
And then I had to [C]stand my [G]trial,
I [C]had to make [D]my [Am]plea.
They placed me in [C]a p[G]ris'ner's dock
and [F]then [C]com[Em]menced on [Am]me.
Although she swore my [C]life [E]away,
de[Am]prived me [Em]of my re[Am]st.
Still I love my faithless [C]Flora,
[D]the[Dm] lily of the
[Am]