Flora Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When first I came to Louisville
Some pleasure there to find
A damsel there from Lexington
Was pleasing to my mind
Her [F]rosy cheeks
Her [G]ruby lips
Like ar[Em]rows pierced my [Am]breast
The name she bore [G]was [C]Flor[D]a
The [F]Lily of the [Am]West

[Verse 2]
[Am]I came to my love [G]Flora
Some [F]pleasure there [Am]to find
She [C]turned in to another [G]man
Which [F]sort of stressed my [Am]mind
She [F]robbed me of my loy[G]alty
De[Em]prived me of [Am]my rest
I loved my faithless [C]Flora[G]
The [F]Lily [Am]of the West

[Verse 3]
Now down in [Am]yonder [C]shady [G]grove
The [F]man who [Am]was to come
Con[C]versing with my Flor[G]a there
It [F]seemed so strange to [Am]me
And [F]the answer that she gave to [G]him
[Em]It sort of me op[Am]pressed
I was betrayed by [C]Flora
[G]The Lily of [F]the West

[Verse 4]
[Am]I st[G]epped[F][Am][C][G][F]
[Am][F][G]
[Em]up t[Am]o my [C]riv[D]al[F][Am][C][G]
[F]My dagger in my [Am]hand
[C]I seized him by the collar
[G]And I bol[F]dly made him sta[Am]nd
We [F]met in despera[G]tion
[Em]I pierced him in the [Am]breast
I killed the man for [C]Flora
[G]The [F]Lily of the [Am]West

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][G][F][Am][C]
[G][F][Am][F][G][Em][Am]
[C][D][F][Am]

[Verse 5]
I [Am]had to stand m[C]y trial
[G]I had[F] to make my ple[Am]a
[C]They placed me in a crimin[G]al box
And [F]then commenced [Am]on me
Al[F]though she sold my life [G]away
De[Em]prived me of [Am]my rest
I loved my faithless [C]Flora[D]
The [F]Lily of [Am]the [A]West

[Outro 1]
[A][Am][F][G][Em]
[Am][A][Am][C][G][C][F][G][F]
[G][G][Am]