Intro/Instrumental Break: V ^ V ^ V V ^ V ^ V ^ e|---------|------0-0----0-0----------------|--------0--0-0-0-0----0-0---------| B|---------|------1-1----1-1----------------|--------1--1-1-1-1----1-1---------| G|------0--|------0-0----0-0-------------0--|--------0--0-0-0-0----0-0------0--| D|--0h2----|--0h2------2------2p0----0h2----|--2p0----------------------0h2----| A|---------|----------------------3---------|------3-------------3-------------| E|---------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ e|------1-1----1-1----1-1----------|------0-0----0-0----0-0----------| B|------1-1----1-1----1-1----------|------1-1----1-1----1-1----------| G|--0h2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-------|------0-0----0-0----0-0------0---| D|---------------------------0-----|--0h2------2------2------0h2-----| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + V ^ V ^ V V ^ V ^ V ^ e|------1-1----1-1-----------------|--------0--0-0-0-0----0-0--------| B|------1-1----1-1-----------------|--------1--1-1-1-1----1-1--------| G|--0h2-2-2--2-2-2--2p0--------0---|--------0--0-0-0-0----0-0--------| D|----------------------0--0h2-----|--2p0----------------------2-0---| A|---------------------------------|------3-------------3------------| E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ e|----3-3----3-3-------------------|----0-0----0-0----0-0------------| B|----0-0----0-0-------------------|----1-1----1-1----1-1------------| G|----0-0----0-0-------------------|----0-0----0-0----0-0------------| D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| A|--2-------------2p0----0-2-------|--3-------------3----------------| E|---------3----------3------------|---------3-------------3---------| 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 Intro My sweetheart has gone and left me And my little sisters, too And I'm left alone in sadness Lord, I don't know what to do All this world has turned against me Nothing but trouble do I see There will be no more pleasure In this whole wide world for me Instrumental break Oh, I am just from East Virginia With a heart so brave and true And I learned to love a maiden With eyes of heavenly blue That same day I packed my suitcase And I started to go away But she met me at the station Saying, darling, won't you stay Instrumental break Oh, I am dying, Captain, dying Won't you take these words for me Take them over to the jailhouse Let this whole wide world go free

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