Ilo Curtis- August Son
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AmCapotraste:
3rd traste
[Verse 1]
Am C F Em Dm G
It was early on a morning when the sun climbs she so slow in the troubled August sky
F
while the troubled winds
Am
they blow
[Verse 2]
Am C F Em Dm G
they burst in without warning to at home I love so well and tore me from my bedsheets
F Am
put me in a prison cell
[Verse 3]
Am C F Em Dm G
for the yesterday brought trouble in that August of 1921 I was running whiskey for my
F
earnings under troubled
Am
August sun
[Verse 4]
Am C F Em Dm G F
I was seen on the 15th like always on my route people always smiled never thought I'd be
Am
found out
[Verse 5]
Am C F Em Dm G
but that nasty old Jack Stewart bought some corn and some rye and the sheriff paid him
F
off under troubled
Am
August sky
[Interlude]
Am C F Em Dm G F Am
[Verse 6]
Am C F Em Dm G
now I waste away and wait for the day when my time on earth runs out and the faces of my
F
family are all I
Am
think about
[Verse 7]
Am C F Em Dm G
for three days is all they left me before the trial starts at dawn it'll end with my
F
hanging yes I surely will
Am
be gone
[Verse 8]
Am C F Em Dm G
I'm sorry I must leave you good people on the dry but my final day is dawning in the
F Am
troubled August sky
[Verse 9]
Am C F Em Dm G
so I hope this letter finds you when all is said and done you're the dearest of my
G
friends, love, your
F Am
troubled August son
[outro]
Am G F Am/E
How to play Ilo Curtis- August Son
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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