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Lowlands

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[Verse 1]
Saw a Ggirl on the Cadd9street from my Ghome
Like a Gfire on the Cadd9hillside she Gshone
And I Gknew right Gthen that my Gbest Dadd11days were Emgone
And I'd Gbeen, Gbeen in the Dlowlands too Glong
[Chorus]
Oh I've Gbeen Cadd9in the Glowlands too Glong
GOh, I know, I Gknow that I should Cgo
And I've Embeen in the Dlowlands too Glong
[Verse 2]
This is not how it was at the start
There's a doubt and a blame in my heart
And it's no one else, no fault but my own
And I've been in the lowlands too long
[Chorus]
Oh I've Gbeen Cadd9in the Glowlands too Glong
GOh, I know, I Gknow that I should Cgo
And I've Embeen in the Dlowlands too Glong
[Verse 3]
What is this weight in my mind
And what is this new sense of time
It's the open fields and the friends that are gone
And I've been in the lowlands too long
I can sing out at all sing a song
I can do nothing all the day long
But I can't so right and I know I’m wrong
And I've been in the lowlands too long
[Chorus]
Oh I've Gbeen Cadd9in the Glowlands too Glong
GOh, I know, I Gknow that I should Cgo
And I've Embeen in the Dlowlands too Glong

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Lowlands

by Gillian Welch

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

Dadd11

[Verse 1]

G Cadd9 G

Saw a girl on the street from my home

G Cadd9 G

Like a fire on the hillside she shone

G G G Dadd11 Em

And I knew right then that my best days were gone

G G D G

And I'd been, been in the lowlands too long

[Chorus]

G Cadd9 G G

Oh I've been in the lowlands too long

G G C

Oh, I know, I know that I should go

Em D G

And I've been in the lowlands too long

[Verse 2]

This is not how it was at the start

There's a doubt and a blame in my heart

And it's no one else, no fault but my own

And I've been in the lowlands too long

[Chorus]

G Cadd9 G G

Oh I've been in the lowlands too long

G G C

Oh, I know, I know that I should go

Em D G

And I've been in the lowlands too long

[Verse 3]

What is this weight in my mind

And what is this new sense of time

It's the open fields and the friends that are gone

And I've been in the lowlands too long

I can sing out at all sing a song

I can do nothing all the day long

But I can't so right and I know I’m wrong

And I've been in the lowlands too long

[Chorus]

G Cadd9 G G

Oh I've been in the lowlands too long

G G C

Oh, I know, I know that I should go

Em D G

And I've been in the lowlands too long

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