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“Dear Sarah”
by Scott Miller
and the Commonwealth
Key A (Capo 2)
4/4 (very fast)
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Intro:
1, 2, 3, (wait 1 beat)
G G
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-----0---2---|
A|---2---3---3-|
E|-3-----------| G
Verse 1:
G C G
Dear Sarah I’m stuck on a train bound for Richmond.
D
We marched down from Gurnstown uphill all the way.
G C G
At the train stop in Stanton, we pulled up and climbed on
D G
Then we just sat there for a night and a day.
Chorus:
G D G
And the nights are long, but I write you ev’ry day.
D G
And I hum a song that you used to sing.
C G
The one of sweet William his love, Barbara Allen
D G
And how she was always a long ways away.
G
Verse 2:
G C G
My insides are all torn from hard tack and parch corn.
D
My hat flew in a windstorm so the sun has turned me red.
G C G
The first chance to lie still I pull out your Bible
D G
But fall fast asleep before one verse is read.
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3:
G C G
Dear Sarah in parting keep me in your heart.
D
I do not drink or gamble ‘cause I promised you I’d do.
G C G
So as not to mislead you I did have a need to
D G
When we were surrounded and looked like we were through.
(Repeat Chorus)
Tag:
G C G
The one of sweet William, his love Barbara Allen
D G
And how she was always a long ways away.
Ending:
G D G D G
In Scarlet Town, I did dwell. There was a fair maid a-dwellin’.
D G D G
Many men cried, well, for the love Barbara Allen.
G
Outro:
G
e|-----0---|
B|-----0---|
G|-----0---|
D|-0---0---|
A|---2-2---|
E|-----3---|
