Mungo Jerry – The Old Apple Tree (Guitar)

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I once met a girl by the old apple tree

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I smiled at her and she smiled back at me

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I asked her to walk with me along the beach

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I took her arm as we strolled by the sea

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I smiled at her and she smile back at me

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She told me her father did live by the gun

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And if he saw me she said I should run

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I saw him comin as I turned around

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So I ran away to the heart of the town

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And bought me a gun to shoot that man down

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Late in the night by the old apple tree

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I met that girl and she promised to me

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That she'd always love till her dyin' day

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I truly believed every word she would say

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I held her tightly then she walked away

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I knew that her father had spoken bout me

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And his daughter's wishes he could not agree

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He came after me cause he wanted me dead

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So I pulled out my pistol and blew off his head

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He lay on the ground and I filled him with lead

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The neighbors heard gunshot a-rain in the night

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When they came and got me, I put up no fight

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I could have been hung from the old apple tree

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It was self-defense, so it never would be

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So I beat the noose and I walked away free

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I'm still around and my girl's by my side

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I beat the noose, it's not time yet to die

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And what a bright mornin', light shines down on me

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My girl, she will marry, yes, marry me

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We'll live in the house by the old apple tree