Sweet Verona

	  		
 



G       G       C       G 
 Verona left when she was only 16 
Em      Em      D       D 
Gave no reason but needing to fly 
G       G       C       G 
She joined up with a traveling band, and lady luck she took her hand 
D       D       G       G 
Left all her demons behind 

She wove her unbashed story all through the south 
Verona she carried the truth of a child 
She was a gypsy queen, her hair a raven sheen, 
She made love so strong and wild. 


C       C       G       G 
Now they're bringing her home, sweet Verona 
Em      Em      C (quick)       G       G 
She got her very own box in which to lay, 
C       C       G       G 
Now they're bringing her home, from Louisiana, 
Em      Em      D       G 
And halleluiah lord, she's home to stay 


Kept all the postcards that she sent to me 
Passed our way only once more, 
When mama died she stood just outside of the church, 
But she was gone when I ran out the door 


Now they're bringing her home, sweet Verona, 
She got her very own box in which to lay, 
Now they're bringing her home, from Louisiana, 
And halleluiah lord, she's home to stay 


Dawn as she died, said they found her that way, 
Covered in the jewels that she bought at the pawn, 
They say her fire burned so bright that it kept her alive, 
And it burned til she was gone 


Now they're bringing her home, sweet Verona, 
She got her very own box in which to lay, 
Now they're bringing her home, from Louisiana, 
And halleluiah lord, she's home to stay 
And halleluiah lord, she's home to stay