G                         C                      G                    
On the banks of the river where the willow hang down 
                         Em      C                 G 
Where the wild birds all warble with a low moaning sound 
            Em     C                    G 
Down in the hollow where the water runs cold 
                     F        C                    G 
It was there I first listened to the lies that you told 
                    C                    G 
Now I lie on my bed and I see your sweet face 
               Em       C           G  
And the past I remember time cannot erase 
               Em       C                 G 
The letter you wrote me it was written in shame 
                     F          C              G 
And I know that your conscience still echos my name 
G                              C                G 
Now the nights are so lonely   lord sorrow runs deep 
           Em         C               G 
Nothing is worse than a night without sleep 
           Em    C              G 
I walk out alone and look at the sky 
             F    C                G 
Too empty to sing too loneseome to cry 
                                  C                   G 
Now if the ladies were blackbirds if the ladies were thrushes 
                  Em    C                  G 
I'd lie there for hours in the chilly cold marshes 
                    Em        C                    G 
If the ladies were squirrels  with them high bushy tails 
                F       C                 G 
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails 
                F       C                 G 
I'd fill up my shotgun with rock salt and nails 
 
 
 
>From Buddy & Julie Miller 
Hightone Records 2001   
Scruggs Music(BMI) 
 
Donald Lindley    drums 
Larry Campbell    fiddle 
Phil Madeira      organ 
Buddy             guitar/vocals/bass 
Julie             vocals 
 
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