Columbus Stockade Blues


Way [E]down in Columbus, Georgia,
[B7]Want to go back to Tennes[E]see.
Way down in Columbus Stockade,
My [B7]friends all turned their backs on
[E]me. 

          Well, you can [A]go and leave if you [E]want to.
         [A]Never let it cross your [B7]mind,
         For in your [E]heart you love another,
         [B7]Leave, little darlin', I don't [E]mind.

Last [E]night as I lay sleeping,
I [B7]dreamed I held you in my [E]arms,
When I woke, I was mistaken,
I was [B7]peeping through those prison
[E]bars.

          Well, you can [A]go and leave if you [E]want to.
         [A]Never let it cross your [B7]mind,
         For in your [E]heart you love another,
         [B7]Leave, little darlin', I don't [E]mind.

Many [E]hours with you I've rambled,
Many [B7]nights with you I've spent a-[E]lone,
Now you've gone, you've gone and left me,
And [B7]broken up our happy
[E]home.

          Well, you can [A]go and leave if you [E]want to.
         [A]Never let it cross your [B7]mind,
         For in your [E]heart you love another,
         [B7]Leave, little darlin', I don't [E]mind.


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