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Patches


 C                                   F                 C 
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards
                                           F                  G7 
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
 C                  Em           F              C 
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
                                   G7            C 
Patches my darling of old Shantytown

                                   F                                  C 
We planned to marry when June brought the summer
                                     F                G7 
I couldn't wait to make Patches my bride
 C                  Em              F            C 
Now I don't see how that ever can happen
                                     G7                 C 
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside

                G7                    F                C 
Patches oh what can I do I swear I'll always love you
        F                                                C                  Am 
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace
     C                    G7               C 
So my folks won't let me love you







 C                               F                  C 
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
                                        F                G7 
And pretty Patches there watching the door
 C                Em             F                    C 
She doesn't know that I can't come to see her
                                       G7            C 
Patches must think that I love her no more

 C                         F              C 
I hear a neighbor telling my father
                                     F               G7 
He says a girl name of Patches was found
 C                    Em              F           C 
Floating face down in that dirty old river
                                            G7                C 
That flows by the coal yards in old Shantytown

               G7                    F                C 
Patches oh what can I do I swear I'll always love you
   F                                     C               Am 
It may not be right but I'll join you tonight
 C               G7            C 
Patches I'm coming to you

        F                                     C               Am 
Yes, it may not be right but I'll join you tonight
 C               G7            C 
Patches I'm coming to you