Monogahela Sal Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]She was born in an [A]old Monason alley
[D]Her ma and her pa they called her [A]Sal
She grew up [D]to be the pride of the [G]valley
[Em]A ty[G]pica[D]l Mo[A]nongahela gal
[D]She wandered one day[A] by the riv[D]er,
and she watched the Jason steaming [A]by.
Her [D]heart gave a leap and a [G]quiver,
[Em]as she caught the [D]handsome
[A]pilot's rolling eye[D].
Now his name, you must know,
[A]was Moat Stanley,
[D]And he wore a fancy sporting coa[A]t.
He was [D]tall, dark,
and handsome and [G]manly,
The [D]slickest pilot [A]ever steered a [D]boat.
Roll on, roll [A]on [D]Monongahela,
roll on to the [A]Ohio,
roll [D]on past Tallahassee,
down [G]to the Mississip[Em]pi,[G]
[D]flare up to the Gul[A]f of
[Em]Mex [A]ico.[D][A][Em][A][D]
[A]Now[Em] Mote[A] g[D]ave a toot,[A]
honest whistle,
[D]And the Jason churned the
water a hairless [A]turn,
And [D]Sal, stepping light as a [G]thistle,
[Em]Reached up and t[D]ook Mote
[A]Stanley's hand in hers.
[D]It was love, careless lov[A]e, by the riv[D]er
It was love, careless love, by [A]the shore
And I'm [D]sure the good Lord
will for[G]give her
[Em]For she [D]never knew
what [A]love was [Em]like be[D]fore
[A]He [D]swore that he al[A]ways
[Em]would [A]love her[D],
As they locked through the
old Emsworth [A]dam.
But that [D]night overboard he did [G]shove her,
[Em]And then[G] Moat [D]Stanley
took [A]it on [D]the land.
Well, no one could [A]say Sal was [D]sickly
She didn't even take time out [A]to bawl
But she [D]high -tailed it right down for civically
[G]Sla[Em]p pin[G]' [D]out a[A][D]
[A]fast Australian [D]crawl
She hopped a fast [A]freight for [D]Rochester
And there was moat a
-steaming close to [A]shore
From [D]a yard bull who tried to molest [G]her
[Em]She [G]up and[D] swiped
a great [A]big .44 [D]floor.
She raised up that [A]big shooting [D]iron,
and she fired six shots into [A]moat.
And [D]when she laid out that [G]revolver,
she sure [D]messed up that
[A]fancy sporting [D]coat.
Roll on, roll [A]among the gila
[D]where the catfish and the carp left
long [A]ago you used [D]to be so pure
but now [G]you're just a sewer
[D]messing up the [A]Gulf of Mexico

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