The Jewel Of Abilene

CAPO 3


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Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men
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To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again
      A
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean
   E                                 A
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene

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Eyes that shown like emeralds and lips so Ruby Red
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She cut me cut me like the diamond and shimmered as I bled
      A
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean
   E                                 A
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene


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Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold
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They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal
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hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo
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hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo
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Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold
     D                            E
They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal


   A
So Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men
   E                                     A
To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again
      A
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean
   E                                 A
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene
      E                                 A   D  A
Oh my darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abileneeeene hee