AbileneCifra de Viola

Standard Tuning,  
 

G/C from 1st string to 6th: 0-1-0-0-2-3 

On a couple of the Am's in this song, Damien strikes the fourth string on the second fret, 
then plays the same string open, and then hits it again with his finger on the second fret. 
Such is the case in the Intro, which is played like: 

ocultar tablatura
e----------0----0---------------------0-----0--------| 
B----------1----1---------------------1-----1--------| 
G----------2----2---------------------2-----2--------| 
D---2------------------2---0---2---------------------| 
A----------------------------------------------------| 
E----------------------------------------------------| 

Play the above 3 times for the Intro before walking up to C on the fifth string like: 0-2-3 


C        G/C                 Am 
I fell in love with a girl of nineteen 2-0-2 on 4th as in Intro 
C             G/C    Am 
A black-haired girl I called Abilene Walk up to C on 5th 
C    G/C   Am 
Young girl, where's your husband? 
C            G/C            Am 
Sadly, she replied, I do not have one 
C                 G/C   Am 
Then it's you I'll marry with your parents' permission 
humming: Am - C - G/C - Am  


C      G/C   Am 
No fine sir, they will not let me marry 
   C 
For I am a young girl 
   G/C                   Am 
And you are a man without money 
          C             G/C 
Then I'll come by your window 
Am 
Tonight when they both will be sleeping 
humming: Am - C - G/C - Am  


C          G/C     Am 
Outside your window in a carriage I will be waiting 
       C                 G/C 
They'll awake to find you gone 
          Am 
Open their eyes and think they're dreaming 
   C              G/C 
And never did they think 
          Am 
That their Abilene would leave them 
humming: Am - C - C/G - Am  


C       G/C   Am 
Now fine sir, where is it you shall take me? 
      C               G/C 
Is it in the mountains high 
  Am 
Or is it the deep blue sea? 
humming: Am - C - G/C - Am