Abandoned Love - Gillian Welch

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The key to the Rawlings version is the walk-down from A in Dm, C, to the Bb in Gm formed by
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3
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Then to the A in Fmaj7, back up to the C in Cmaj 

[Intro]
   


[Verse]
             
I can see the 

             
turning of the

 
 key
            
I ve been dece

            
ived by the cl

           
own inside of 


me
            
I thought that

              
 he was right 

          
but he's afrai

d
             
But somethin's

           
 telling me I 

              
wear the ball 

    
and chain

             
My patron sain

             
t is fighting 

         
with the ghost
            
He's always of

            
f somewhere wh

              
en I need him 


most
            
The Spanish mo

              
on is rising o

      
n the hill
             
But my heart i

           
s telling me I

          
 love you stil

l

            
Everybody's we

        
arin' a disgui

se
            
To hide what t

           
hey've got lef

            
t behind their

 
 Eyes
            
But me I can't

              
 cover what I 


am
            
Wherever the c

            
hildren go I'l

         
l follow them

             
I march in the

          
 parade of lib

erty
            
But as long as

         
 I love you I'

      
m not free
            
How long must 

              
I suffer such 


abuse?
             
Won't you let 

           
me see your sm

              
ile before I t

        
urn you loose?

          

             
We sat in an e

             
mpty theatre a

      
nd we kissed
            
I asked you pl

         
ease to cross 

            
me off your li

st
            
My head tells 

              
me it's time t

         
o make a chang

e
             
But my heart i

           
s telling me "

              
I love you, bu

         
t you're stran

ge"

             
So one more ti

             
me at midnight

          
 near the wall
            
Take off your 

         
heavy makeup a

        
nd your Shawl
            
Won't you come

              
 down from the

              
 throne from w

         
here you sit?
             
Let me feel yo

            
ur love one mo

             
re time, befor

            
e I abandon it

 

             
I come back to

             
 the town from

             
 the flamin' m


oon
            
I see you in t

         
he street, I b

        
egan to swoon
            
I love to see 

              
you dress befo

       
re the mirror
             
Won't you let 

            
me in your roo

             
m one time bef

              
ore I finally 


disappear?

          

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