Noam Pikelny – Folk Bloodbath chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
ELouis went downtown for a new suit of clothes
      E            E7           Asus2Gonna dress up for Delia like a fine red rose
    E      B         EThe angels laid him away
            EHe bought a ten gallon Stetson, and it was ox-blood red
      E        E7           Asus2Stackalee shot Louis in the back of the head
    E      B        EThe angels laid him away
      EStackalee said to Louis "Oh now, don't you grieve
    E              E7              Asus2I'm sending you to Delia you won't ever have to leave”
    E      B         EThe angels laid him away


[Refrain]
    E      Asus2     EThe angels laid him away
E        E7       Asus2Laid him six feet under the clay
    E      B        EThe angels laid him away


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[Verse 2]
         EWell the judge was a mean one, his name was "Hangin' Billy Lyons"
                 E             E7                           Asus2He said, "You've always been a bad man, Stack, you're gonna hang this time
    E      B       EThe angels lay him away"
         EWell the jailer said to Stackalee, "What's the problem with you?"
       E             E7                     Asus2"Well, jailer, Louis Collins' ghost brought Delia's with him too"
    E      B         EThe angels laid him away


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    E      Asus2     EThe angels laid him away
E        E7       Asus2Laid him six feet under the clay
    E      B        EThe angels laid him away

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[Verse 3]
          EWell they buried little Delia in the churchyard deep
           E              E7          Asus2With Louis Collins at her head, Stackalee at her feet
    E      B          EThe angels laid them away
       EOut of Delia's bed came briars, out of Louis' bed a rose
       E                E7               Asus2Out of Stackalee's came Stackalee's cold lonely little ghost
    E      B          EThe angels laid them away


[Refrain]
E      Asus2     EThe angels laid him away
E        E7       Asus2Laid him six feet under the clay
    E                 Asus2The angels laid him away
        EAnd I'm looking out on rooftops, and I'm hoping it ain't true
         E            E7                        Asus2That the same god who looked out for them looks out for me and you
    E      B          EThe angels laid them away


[Refrain]
    E      B          BThe angels laid them away
    E      B          BYes the angels laid them away

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