Misc Traditional – Fortune (Guitar)
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I tried to compile all the verses I've seen written and heard in recordings.
A great list is here: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/233733/all
[Chorus]
D A Fortune I had it, fortune I lost it, D G A D Fortune I lost it one night when I got drunk.
[Verse]
D A Once I had a fortune, I (put/locked/laid) it in my trunk, D G A D I lost it all a-gambling one night when I was drunk.
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D A Once I had a fortune but now I've lost it all, D G A D Drinkin' and a gambling and playin' at the ball.
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D A I'm packin' up my suitcase and now I say goodbye, D G A D I'm gonna live a gamblin' man until the day I die.
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D A Wish I had a pretty little (hog/horse), corn to feed him on, D G A D And a pretty little wife around the farm to feed him when I'm gone.
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D A I wish I had a banjo string, made of golden twine D G A D And every tune I play on it, I wish that gal was mine.
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D A Peaches in the summertime, applies in the fall D G A D If I can't have that girl I love, I won't have none at all.
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D A Raccoon's got a great big tail, the possum's tail is fair D G A D Rabbit's got no tail at all but a little bunch of hair
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D A Once I had a fortune, I stayed till half-past one D G A D When I went to leave my girl, wonder where she gone (?)
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D A Packed up her suitcase, and bid her ma goodbye D G A D Said "I'm going' with a gamblin' man, I'll stay there till I die"
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D A Once I had a sweetheart, she lived across the hill D G A D If she had not moved away, then she'd been there still