Stave 1:
[E] [F#m] [B]
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[E]Lean in, friend; [F#m]lean in, friend,
[B]And I'll tell you a [E]tale.
[E]Be good, friend; [F#m]be good friend,
[B]As I tread the stage[E] a while.
[E]'Twas late in the d[F#m]ay, the day after the fair,
[B]When I heard tell of[E] her.
[E]She lived so far aw[F#m]ay - further, farther and
[B]Beyond - and well you[E] know they say...
[E]She was old as the hills, [F#m]and worn as a train
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]And her sons were all gone,
[F#m]Killed in battle w[B]on by someone above,
[E]Instead of coming on home.
[E]And her daughters were gone,
[F#m]Followed love and they'd [B]run to the city below,
[E]Instead of coming on home.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]She had a bullet in her bonnet -
[F#m]The last that she owned -
[B]And a gun in her pocket,
[E]To keep her strong as she roamed.
[E]She went fishing in the shallows,
[F#m]For eels and minnows,
[B]Which she fried up so nicely,
[E]All salty and spicy.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]And her dog was gone,
[F#m]Whom she'd cared for so long,
[B]Fed whiskey and plums, [E]on his lavender bed.
[E]And her love was gone,
[F#m]When he'd heard the sea's song,
[B]He left the shore all alone
[E]To travel the world around.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E] [F#m] [B]
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[E]Lean in, friend; [F#m]lean in, friend,
[B]And I'll tell you a [E]tale.
[E]Be good, friend; [F#m]be good friend,
[B]As I tread the stage[E] a while.
[E]'Twas late in the d[F#m]ay, the day after the fair,
[B]When I heard tell of[E] her.
[E]She lived so far aw[F#m]ay - further, farther and
[B]Beyond - and well you[E] know they say...
[E]She was old as the hills, [F#m]and worn as a train
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]And her sons were all gone,
[F#m]Killed in battle w[B]on by someone above,
[E]Instead of coming on home.
[E]And her daughters were gone,
[F#m]Followed love and they'd [B]run to the city below,
[E]Instead of coming on home.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]She had a bullet in her bonnet -
[F#m]The last that she owned -
[B]And a gun in her pocket,
[E]To keep her strong as she roamed.
[E]She went fishing in the shallows,
[F#m]For eels and minnows,
[B]Which she fried up so nicely,
[E]All salty and spicy.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
[E]And her dog was gone,
[F#m]Whom she'd cared for so long,
[B]Fed whiskey and plums, [E]on his lavender bed.
[E]And her love was gone,
[F#m]When he'd heard the sea's song,
[B]He left the shore all alone
[E]To travel the world around.
[E]She was old as the hills a[F#m]nd worn as a train,
[B]On rails of old steel wool,
[E]She was old as the hills.
