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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2087977,"song":"Lily Of The Valley","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2087977-lily-of-the-valley-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2087977?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Judy Collins - Lily Of The Valley\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 3rd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey called her Lily of the Valley and she lived beside the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe youngest of her sisters and the prettiest of them all[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was courted by the men in town, she could have married anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe one she made her husband was the handsomest of all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were married in a chapel, Lily bore him seven children[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd every night he put her down and made her feel ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe took the face she used to wear and put a look of sorrow there[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe more he made her suffer, the more she felt to blame[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTears of yours won't fall another time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't cry Lilly, we know how you've tried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFighting for your life was not a crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne night Lily turned to him, before he raised his hand to her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne more time she said, \"And not again\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe laughed and threw another punch, the blow knocked Lily to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomehow she grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed her husband dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe jury they decided it was murder in the first degree[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey said she had provoked him with her wild and wicked talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey hanged her by the river where so many times she wandered[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey left her children motherless, in sorrow and in shock[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTears of yours won't fall another time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't cry Lilly, we know how you've tried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFighting for your life was not a crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA soldier in a uniform is meant to kill the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Lilly, in her own defence, was framed to take the fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHer children watched their father beat their mother all too often[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe battlefields of families are the saddest of them all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe willow weeps for Lily as its branches touch the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe wind is crying, \"Lily\", as it sighs along the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe river's singing, \"Lily, we all know that you are innocent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou were promised marriage, but you had to fight a war\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo more tears Lily, don't cry anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTears of yours won't fall another time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDon't cry Lilly, we know how you tried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFighting for your life was not a crime[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLily of the Valley[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - Lily Of The Valley\n\n\nCAPO: 3rd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  G  C  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","Dm7","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}