Intro: C 

Verse 
G7                                  C 
Married him in April, lost him in July 
F            G              C 
Listen to my story and I'll tell you why 
     F 
They said that he'd been poaching and stealing wine 
     G                                    G/A  G/B 
They said I wouldn't see him for a long, long time 


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     G         C    F   G   C 
They said he's gone to America 
   F                  G              C   G 
To work the land that some called Virginia 
               C    F   G 
They said he's gone to America 

Verse 
G7                                  C 
Married him in April, lost him in July 
     F                 G              C 
They took him as their prisoner, then told me why 
     F 
They said they had sent him where poachers go 
  G                                   G/A G/B 
I asked if I could see him, but they said no 


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     G         C    F   G   C 
They said he's gone to America 
   F                  G              C   G 
To work the land that some called Virginia 
               C    F   G 
They said he's gone to America 
G7                                  C 
Married him in April, lost him in July 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
G7                                  C 
Married him in April, lost him in July 
F                 G                     C 
Curse the men who took him, curse their wicked lies 
    F 
The night they saw him poaching and stealing wine 
        G                                        G/A G/B 
Was the night that he took comfort in these arms of  mine 


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    G        C    F   G   C 
But now he's gone to America 
   F                  G              C   G 
To work the land that some called Virginia 
               C    F   G 
They said he's gone to America 
G7                                  C 
Married him in April, lost him in July 

Outro 
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