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| Em | Em7M | Em7 | Em6 | C7M | |
| She was | sick and | tired of | country | life. |
| Em | |
| A little country | home, A little country folk, |
| B7 | |
| Made her blood run | cold. |
| A7 | |
| Now her | mother pines her heart away, |
| Em | |
| Looking for her child in the big black | smoke, |
| Em | |
| In the big black | smoke. |
| Em | Em7M | Em7 | Em6 | C7M | |
| Frailest, | purest | girl the | world has | seen, |
| Em | |
| According to her | Ma, according to her Pa, |
| B7 | |
| And everybody | said, |
| A7 | |
| That she | knew no sin and did no wrong, |
| Em | |
| Till she walked the streets of the big | black smoke, |
| Em | |
| Of the big black | smoke. |
| B7 | |
| Well she | slept in caffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys, |
| Em | B7 | |
| And every penny she | had |
| G | B7 | |
| Was | spent on purple hearts and ciga | rettes. |
| Em | Em7M | Em7 | Em6 | C7M | |
| She took | all her | pretty | coloured | clothes, |
| Em | |
| And ran away from | home, And the boy next door |
| B7 | |
| For a boy named | Joe. |
| A7 | |
| And he | took her money for the rent |
| Em | |
| And tried to drag her down in the big black | smoke, |
| Em | |
| In the big black | smoke. |
| Em | |
| In the big black | smoke. |
| Em | |
| In the big black | smoke. |
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