The Kingston Trio – Poor Ellen Smith (Guitar)
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[Intro]
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[Chorus]
E Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found? A E F#7 B7 Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground E A E Her body was mangled and all cast around A E B E An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found
[Verse]
E They picked up her body, carried it away A E F#7 B7 And now she's a-sleepin' in some lonesome old grave E A E Who had the heart and who had the brain F#m A B E To shoot my little Ellen on that cold lonesome plain?
[Chorus]
E Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found? A E F#7 B7 Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground E A E Her body was mangled and all cast around A E B E An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found
[Verse]
E They picked up their rifles and hunted us down A E F#7 B7 They found us a-loafing all 'round town E A E The judge may convict me and god knows he can F#m A B E But I know I died as an innocent man
[Chorus]
E Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found? A E F#7 B7 Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground E A E Her body was mangled and all cast around A E B E An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found
[Verse]
E The warden has told me that soon I'll be free A E F#7 B7 To go to her grave near that old willow tree E A E I'm free from the walls of that prison at last F#m A B E But I'll never be free from my sins from the past
[Chorus]
E Poor Ellen Smith, how was she found? A E F#7 B7 Shot through the heart, lyin' dead on the ground E A E Her body was mangled and all cast around A E B E An 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found A E F#7 E I say, 'X' marks the spot where poor Ellen was found