Flora
Peter, Paul and Mary
Tabbed by Parkie
Capo on the third fret.
This is played very fast. At the end of each verse, use your little finger to play a G on the
high string while playing the Am (002213-002210). Do the same with the Em in the intro too.
You can also get some lovely hammer-ons with any of these chords if they are played for more
than about three beats:
EADGBe EADGBe
Am: 000210 - 002210
Em: 002000 - 022000
G: 300003 - 320003
Hope that makes sense. Good luck!
Intro:
Am Em Am Em Am Am
Am C G C D Am
When first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find,
Am C Em F Em Am
I met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind.
Am C Em Am Em Am
Her rosy cheek, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest.
Am C D Dm Am
The name she bore was Flo------ra, the lily of the west.
Am C G C D Am
I courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go.
Am C Em F Em Am
But soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.
Am C Em Am Em Am
They said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.
Am C D Dm Am
And yet I trusted Flo----ra, the lily of the west.
Am C G C D Am
'Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,
Am C Em F Em Am
He spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.
Am C Em Am Em Am
The answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.
Am C D Dm Am
I was betrayed by Flo---ra, the lily of the west.
Am C G C D Am
I stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.
Am C Em F Em Am
I seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand.
Am C Em Am Em Am
All in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast.
Am C D Dm Am
I killed a man for Flo---ra, the lily of the west.
Am C G C D Am
And then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea.
Am C Em Am Em Am
They placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.
Am C Em Am Em Am
Although she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.
Am C D Dm Am
Still I love my faithless Flo---ra, the lily of the west.
Lovely tune. Good luck finding a strumming pattern that works!
