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Come Away Melinda Chords

Music by: Bobbie Gentry
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[Intro 1]
[G][F][G][F][C]

[Verse 1]
Mommy, Mommy, [C]come
and look
[Bb]See what I have foun[C]d
A little way [Am]away from here
[Bb]While diggin' in [G]the ground[Eb]
Come away, [Bb]Melinda
[Gm]Come in and close the door[Dm]
It's [Eb]nothin' but a [Bb]pic t[Gm]ure book
[Dm]They had be[Eb]fore [G]the war
[Dm]

[Verse 2]
[Gsus4][C]
Mommy, Mommy, come and see
[Bb]Oh, Mommy come and l[C]ook
There's five or six [Am]Melinda girls
[Bb]In side this picture b[G]ook[Eb]
Come away, [Bb]Melinda
[Gm]Come in and close the door[Dm]
There were [Eb]lots of little [Bb]girls [Gm]like you
[Dm]Before they had [Eb]the w[G]ar
[Dm]

[Verse 3]
[C]
Mommy, Mommy, come and see
[Bb]Oh, Mommy hurry, do[C]
There's someone grown up [Am]very tall
[Bb]Who doesn't look like [G]you[Eb]
Come away, [Bb]Melinda
[Gm]Come in and close the door[Dm]
[Eb]Your father was a [Bb]man [Gm]like h[Dm]im
Before they [Eb]had the [G]war
[Dm][G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Mommy, Mommy, come and [Bb]see
Such things I've [C]never seen
There's happy faces [Am]all around
And [Bb]all the ground is [G]green[Eb]
Come away, [Bb]Melinda[Gm]
Come in and close [Dm]the door
[Eb]That's just the way it
[Bb]used to [Gm]be[Dm]
Before they [Eb]had the [G]war

[Outro 1]
[G]
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