Clementine Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C Am Dm G7 C Am Dm G7

Verse 1

in a cavern, down by a canyon , excavating, for a mine

there livCed a miner, frDmom north carG7olina, and hisC daughter, chubby Clementine

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Verse 2

every mornin', just about dawnin', when the sun, began to shine

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y'know she would rouse up, wake all of them cows up, and walk them down, to her daddies mine

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Verse 3

we took the footbridge, across the water, and though she weighed two-ninety-nine

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that bridge trembled, and dissassembled, dropped her in, to the foamy brine

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Verse 3

cracked like thunder, you know she went under, blowing bubbles, down the line

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now i'm no swimmer, but where she thinner, i might've saved that Clementine

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Verse 4

she broke the record, way under water, we thought she, was doing fine

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i wasnt nervous, not until the service, that they held, for Clementine

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Verse 5

so hey ya sailor! way out on ya whaler, with your harpoon, your trusty line

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if she shows now, yell "there she blows" now, it just may be, chunky Clementine!

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and thats all! yay! great classic song, have fun strumming along!

-Bert Toast