The Lily Of The West Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When[G] fir[Am]st[G][Am]
I came [C]to Louis[G]ville
Some pleas[F]ure there to [Am]find
[G]A damsel[C] there from
Lexing[G]ton
[Am]Was pleasing to my mind
Her [F]rosy cheeks, her ruby [G]lips,
[Am]Like arrows pierced my breast
And the name she bore was [C]Flora[G]
[F]The lily of the [Am]West
[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
I courted [C]lovely [G]Flora
Some [F]pleasure there to [Am]find
[C]But she turned unto anoth[F]er man
[G]Which sor[Am]e distre[Em]ssed my [Am]mind
She [F]robbed me of my liber[G]ty
De[Am]prived [Em]me of my [Am]rest
Then go, my [C]lovely Flor[G]a
The [F]lily of [Am]the West
Way down in yonder [C]shady [G]grove
A [F]man of high degree
[Am]Conv[C]ersing with my Flora t[F]here
[G]It see[Am]ms so [Em]strange to me[Am]
And the [F]answer that she gave to [G]him
It [Am]sore did [Em]me opp[Am]ress
I was betrayed [C]by [G]Flora
The [F]lily of the [Am]West

[Verse 3]
[Am]
I stepped up to my [C]rival[G]
My [F]dagger in my [Am]hand
[C]I seized him by the col[F]lar an [G]d
I [Am]boldly [Em]bade [Am]him stand
Being [F]mad to desperation
[G]I pie[Am]rced him in [Em]the b[Am]reast
[C]I killed a man for [G]Flora
The [F]lily of [Am]the West

[Verse 4]
[Am]
I had to stand [C]my [G]trial
I [F]had to make [Am]my p[C]lea
[G]They [C]placed me in the [F]criminal [G]box
And [Am]then com[Em]menced on [Am]me
[F]Although she swore my life [G]away
[Am]De prived me[Em] of my r[Am]est
Still I love my faith[C]less [G]Flora
The [F]lily[Am][G][Am][C]
[G]of the[F][Am][Am]
West