Bougain-Villaea Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Whi[Dsus4]le summer[C] br[D]eezes mingled Bougainvil[Em]lea,[C]
Citrus and [D]Matron,
A lady handed me her [G]infant [A]son,
Then take him in your home
and treat him as your [D]own.[A][D]
For a jailer soon
will [A]make me pay [G]the price
that [F]she[A]
Just tell him when he's [D]grown
That he was born the son
[G]of a love I've [A]known
A memory of my own
such as few have [D]ever known
She was so young and [A]yet so [G]old inside
[F]Such is life, [A]she cried,
when he becomes [D]a man
You'll want to know,
[G]so tell him all you [A]can
But don't tell him where I've gone,
if he knew it would be [D]wrong.
She was so young and yet [A]so old [G]inside,
[F]Such is life, [A]she [D]cried.[Dsus4][C][D]
When summer breezes mingle
[C]boogin' the air,
Citrus and [D]madrone,
Perhaps she still recall[G]s
the love [A]she's known,
This memory of her own
such as few have [D]ever known.