Sentient Cement Coverpile - American Folk

Clementine - American Folk

       G5(-35)|-36-35)                                  D7|(--0213)D7
In a cavern in a canyon excavating for a mine
              Cm          G5                 D7                     G5
Lived a miner fortyniner and his daughter Clementine
               G5                                                                       D7
Light she was and like a fairy and her shoes were number nine
             Cm                    G5                    D7                  G5
Herring boxes without topses sandals were fer Clementine

{Refrain:
             G5                                                            D7
Oh my darling oh my darling oh my darling Clementine
              Cm                      G5                  D                G5
You are lost and gone forever dreadful sorry Clementine }

                  G|| (320030) 787|| G          Em7                   D-D4-D
Drove she ducklings to the water every morning just at nine
             Cm                  G5               D7                   G5
Hit her foot against a splinter fell into the foamy brine
         G                                                                     D2
Ruby lips above the water blowing bubbles soft and fine
       Cm                   G5              D                   G5
But alas I was no swimmer so I lost my Clementine
[REFRAIN]

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Bobby Darin Version

.D#.D#| . G#..G# (x2)

       D#                              Cm                     D#                     Bb7
In a cavern down . . . by a canyon . . . . excavatin' . . . . for a mine
                      Bb7                                   D#
There lived a miner . . . from North Carolina . . . .
              Bb7                                     D#
And his daughter . . . chubby Clementine
                  D#                                Cm                      D#                 Bb7
Now every mornin' yeah just about dawnin' when the sun began to shine
                                Bb7                                   D#
Ya know she would rouse up . . wake alla dem cows up
                       Bb7                           D#
And walk e'm down to her daddy's mine

                E                                                                     E7          B7
I took the foot bridge way cross the water...though she weighed....299
                                          B7                    E
The whole bridge trembled . . . and dissassembled . . .
                    B7                           E    E7
Dumped her in . . . to the foamy brine
                          F3                                       Dm7(---211)
Hey crackin' like thunder you know she went under
             F3                                          F3-||-C2
Blowin' bubbles blblbl bop . down the line
                               Bb3-|\                     D(--0565)
Hey I'm no swimmer . . . . but were she slimmer
                      Gm7-|C7                    F3-|-|F#3
I mighta saved . . . . that Clementine

         G||-|                          G||-|                        G||-|                     D||-|
In my dreams she still doth haunt me robed in garments soaked in brine
               C2||-|              G                 D5                   G
Then she rises from the waters and I kiss my (sweet ass) Clementine
        G    32003    787||      G                       G7                    C
In a churchyard near the canyon where the myrtle doth entwine
                   Cm                      G             D7                    G5
There grow roses and some posies nutrified by Clementine

ENDING 1
              G5                                                             D7
Then the miner forty-niner soon began to peak and pine
                  Cm                     G5                     D                       Gm
Thought he oughta join his daughta now he chills .... with Clementine

ENDING 2
             G - (320030) 787||        G              G7                         Cmaj7
How I missed her how I missed her how I missed my Clementine
/C /D Am7      /E   /F   G6-Em7                D7               C    /B /A G6
Til I kissed her younger sister . . . and forgot my Clementine

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This is a fairly traditional lyric rendition
However, ze chords have been maudlinized by JC.
Written by America.

JC Setlist || Tunelist
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Bobby Darin Version

                                 F#7-|                         F#7-|
She broke the record . . . way under water . . .
                     F#7                        C#27(--46464)
I thought that she . . . . was doin' fine . . . .
                        B - Bm                     F# - F#7
I wasn't nervous . . . until the service . . . .
                    C27-C27                      F# . B7 | | |
That they held . . . . for Clementine . . . . .

                   G G6-G                                G G6-G
If you sailor . . . . way out on your whaler . . .
                           G G6-G                  D7- 211-D7
With your harpoon . . . your trusty line
                          C2-Cm                                G G6-G
If she shows now . . . . yell there she blows now . . . .
                     D7- 211-D7                  G . C27 | | |
It just may be . . . chunky Clementine . . . (one more time)

                      G# - | - |                          G# - | - |
Oh my darlin' oh my darlin' oh my darlin oh my darlin'
                     G# - | - |                        D#2 - | - |
Oh my darlin' . . . . . sweet Clementine . . . . .
                           C#2 - | - |                               G# - | - |
You may be gone . . . . but you're not forgotten
                  C#2|-||||            D#2|-||||            G# - G#(stac)   444446
Fare thee well . . . . .so long . . . . . Clementine blblblblblble

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