Ellen Smith Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C][F][C]
Poor Ellen Smith
how was she found
Shot [F]through the heart [C]lying
cold on the ground
Her clothers were all scattered
and thrown on the ground
[F]And blood marks the spot [C]where poor
Ellen [F]was found[C]
They picked up their rifles
and hunted me down
[F]And found me a loaf[C]ing
all around town
They picked up the body
and carried it away
[F]And now she is sleeping [C]in some lone
[G]some [C]old grave[F]
[C]
[F][C]
I got a letter yesterday
and I read it today
[F]The flowers on her grave [C]have
all faded [Am]away
[C]Some day I'll go home
and say when I go
[F]On poor Ellen's grave [C]pretty flowers
[F]I'll sow[C][G][C]
I've been in this prison
for twenty long years
[F]Each night I see [C]El len through my
[G]bit[C]ter tears
The warden just told me
that soon I'll be free
To go [F]to her grave [C]near that
old willow [F]tree[C]
My days in this prison
are ending at last
I'll nev[F]er be free [C]from
the sins of my past
Poor Ellen Smith how was she found
[F]Shot through the heart
[C]lying cold [C]on the ground