Mississippi John Hurt – Louis Collins (Guitar Fingerpicking)

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Miss Collins weeped Miss Collins moaned

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To see her son Louis leave his home

    C      G/D       C
The angels laid him away

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The angels laid him away

     C                 F
They laid him six feet under the clay

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The angels laid him away

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Kind friends oh ain't it hard

   C              F
To see poor Louis in a new graveyard

    C      G         C
The angels laid him away

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The angels laid him away

     C                 F
They laid him six feet under the clay

F   C      G/D          C
The angels laid him away

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Bob shot once and Louis shot too

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They shot poor Collins shot him through and through

C          G         C
The angels laid him away

C               F     C
The angels laid him away

     C                 F
They laid him six feet under the clay

F   C      G/D          C
The angels laid him away

C            C      F   C
Miss Collins weeped Mrs Collins moaned

   C                 F         F
To see her son Louis leave his home

    C      G          C
The angels laid him away

C               F     C
The angels laid him away

     C                 F
They laid him six feet under the clay

F   C      G/D          C
The angels laid him away

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When they heard that Louis was dead

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All the people they dressed in red

   C       G         C
The angels laid him away