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A D A I shot her in the valley next to my childhood home E E7 When she said she didn't love me anymore A D A I can still hear her crying before I dried her tears for good D A A7 With one shot from my beloved .44Instrumental: D A E A A7 D A E E7 AD A I killed her because I loved my darlin' so E A7 A A7 And I could not bear to stand by and watch her go D A She died quick and went without much pain E A Now I'm left to live and never love againVerse 2:
A D A I buried her in the valley next to my childhood home E E7 In an unmarked grave never to be found A D A I can still see her face so beautiful to me E A As I laid her in that cold, cold groundOutro: D AD A I killed her because I loved my darlin' so E A7 A A7 And I could not bear to stand by and watch her go D A She died quick and went without much pain E A Now I'm left to live and never love again