Clementine

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 In a cavern, in a canyon, 
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 excavating for a mine; 
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 dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 
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 and his daughter Clementine.  
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
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 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Light she was, and like a fairy, 
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 And her shoes were number nine, 
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 Herring boxes without topses, 
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 Sandals were for Clementine. 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
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 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Walking lightly as a fairy, 
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 Though her shoes were number nine, 
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 Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping, 
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 Lovely girl, my Clementine 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Drove she ducklings to the water 
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 Ev'ry morning just at nine, 
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 Hit her foot against a splinter, 
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 Fell into the foaming brine. 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Ruby lips above the water, 
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 Blowing bubbles soft and fine, 
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 But alas, I was no swimmer, 
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 Neither was my Clementine. 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
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 In a churchyard near the canyon, 
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 Where the myrtle doth entwine, 
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 There grow rosies and some posies, 
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 Fertilized by Clementine. 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Then, the miner, forty-niner, 
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 Soon began to fret and pine, 
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 Thought he oughter join his daughter, 
 
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 So he's now with Clementine. 
 
       A                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
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 I'm so lonely, lost without her, 
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 Wish I'd had a fishing line, 
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 Which I might have cast about her, 
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 Might have saved my Clementine. 
 
       A                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         D                A           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
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 In my dreams she still doth haunt me, 
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 Robed in garments soaked with brine, 
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 Then she rises from the waters, 
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 And I kiss my Clementine. 
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
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 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
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 Listen fellers, heed the warning 
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 Of this tragic tale of mine, 
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 Artificial respiration 
            E7             A  
 Could have saved my Clementine. 
 
       A                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     E7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
 
         D                A           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          E7           A  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
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 How I missed her, how I missed her, 
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 How I missed my Clementine, 
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 Til I kissed her little sister, 
 
        E7           A        
 And forgot my Clementine. 
 
 
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 In a cavern, in a canyon, 
              A7 
 Excavating for a mine, 
                  D   
 Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 
     A7             D   
 And his daughter Clementine.  
 
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 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                 A7 
 Oh my darling Clementine 
                      D           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
      A7           D  
 Dreadful sorry, Clementine.