Deep Dark CornerCifra

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Hills of   Caro    lina 
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Blue ridge mountains to the west 
G      F# G       Em    G 
In the shadows of Glassy Mountain 
C       D          G         D 
Men are put to the test 

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Life here aint that easy 
C          G/B           Am D 
Simple pleasures can get lost 
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Crossing over that old poinsett bridge 
C          D      G         D 
Like a poem by Robert Frost 

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In that deep dark corner 
C         G/B            Am D 
Where the moon shines so fine 
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In a cabin on a hillside 
C          D         G       D 
my darling girl, you will find 

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One day I will join her 
C          G/B    Am D 
she will be by my side 
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In the shadows of Glassy Mountain 
C        D           G    D 
She will be my sweet bride 

Break 

G       F# G      Em    G 
In that deep dark corner 
C         G/B              Am D 
Built my still with copper coil 
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Mountain dew flowin freely 
C        D             G       D 
A little hickory and a batch of corn 



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Gubment men came down upon us 
C       G/B           Am D 
No one tells me what to do 
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We aint got nothing but what we made ourselves 
C        D        G       D 
nobody’s business what we choose 

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Men on horseback they searched the hillside 
C        G/B              Am D 
Where my still house they found 
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They broke my kettle and they cut my coil 
C          D             G 
moonshine spill't on the ground 

D                   C        G 
COLD dark wind comes rollin down 
D                  C        G 
Federal boys, been sniffin around 
D                  C        G 
Reckon it come to a bitter end 
        C        G            C         G 
Well my rifles loaded and they aint my friend 
        C       G                  C         D 
Be just one man standing when this trouble ends 

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In that deep dark corner 
C           G/B      Am D 
They’ll bury me in my grave 
G             F# G           Em    G 
“He stood his ground well as any man” 
C     D          G 
On my stone was engraved 

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In that deep dark corner 
C         G/B               Am D 
Blue Ridge mountains to the west 
G      F# G       Em    G 
Near a cabin on a hillside 
C       D          G 
Men are put to the test