Kenny Rogers – Tomb Of The Unknown Love (Guitar)

Capo 4 Video Lesson
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[Intro] D D D D [Verse 1]
D
   One time I drove to see a girl across the country

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One night as I was driving through New Mexico

          D
I had the windows wide open it was cold and I was crying

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And I laid her letter on the radio
[Verse 2]
       D
Then I stopped outside of Tahoe through this tiny mining town

                A    G       D
At a diner to refill for the ride

           D
And in the wind I heard this crying like a heart broke right in two

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I turned my collar up and went inside
[Verse 3]
        D
Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers

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They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves

            D
I said miss what's that awful crying everybody laughed and said

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It's the tomb of the unknown love
[Pre-chorus]
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And then they pointed out the window to this stone

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All by itself beneath the tree beside the hill

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And on that winter night I read these words alone

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These words that are haunting me still it said
[Chorus]
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Here lies a young man struck down in his prime

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By the awesome burning power of love

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He couldn't stand this true love cheating so he shot the girl down

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  They hung him from that tree up above

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I know that local folks say it's the wind

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I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love
[Solo] D / A* G* D* D G* D* *** Key change capo 5 or sharp the chords *** [Verse 5]
A      D
  So I drove on to my destination

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I did the job my heart commanded of me
And when the sheriff sirens came I didn't even try to fight
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They counted ten I came out at three
[Verse 6]
         D
So now I guess tomorrow morning warden reads some kind of paper

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How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done

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Hey then they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk

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They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
[Pre-chorus]
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And maybe someday they can put me up a stone

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All by itself beneath the tree beside the hill

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And lovers everywhere can come and read along

      A                           A7
These words that will give them a chill and it'll say
[Chorus]
D                            G           D
Here lies a young man struck down in his prime

G      D               A7       D
By the awesome burning power of love

            D                             G     D
He couldn't stand this true love cheating so he shot the girl down

G      D                  A7       D
  They hung him from that tree up above

            A               E
I know that local folks say it's the wind

A                                               D
I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love
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