Turtle Dove

	  		Intro  D  D  G/B  G  (x2) 

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  She came along like she was hiding some deep secret, 
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  but now she's gone and I carry on to keep it. 
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  The cow's are grazing, boys, the fishin's getting good. 
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  If fate's an old woodpecker, I'm an old chunk of wood. 
   
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  Some mysteries we will...never know, 
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  the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest. 

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  We shared a line etched in stone between two years 
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  I aim to pack my grave someday . . . and go see her 
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  Want to climb that ladder, Jacob won't you hold the door. 
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  Just got to drop me a line this side of Jor...dan. 

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  Some mysteries we will...never know, 
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  the turtle dove and the crow ... made a nest.  

Instrumental  D  D  G/B  G   (X2) 

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  She came along like she was hiding some deep secret. 
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  She saw the future, boys, and I......was her ticket. 
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  The American dream ... suited us just fine. 
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  I'm a-layin down easy in my time of dying.