Guy Clark – The Death Of Sis Draper chords
Chords:
[Intro] Am G Am C G Am Am G Am C G Am [Verse 1] Am G Sis Draper had a guitar player Am Named Kentucky Sue C G And everywhere old Sis played Am Sue was picking too [Verse 2] Am G They worked their way from town to town Am Fiddled their way out west C G And every place she blew through Am They said she was the best [Chorus] G They played the dances, played the bars Am Beneath the Western stars G Sis was getting on in years Am She lived it pretty hard G Burned both ends of the candle Em Am And broke many a heart [Instrumental] G Am C Am C G Am G Am C Am C G Am [Verse 3] Am G Now out in Old New Mexico Am Snowstorm coming on C G They thought they'd just wait it out Am And play the El Patron [Verse 4] Am G Now some old gal with coal black eyes Am Was in a jealous tiff C G She was quite sure her old man Am Was slipping round with Sis [Chorus] G She was a waitress at the El Patron Am Out on the edge of town G She poisoned Sis's whiskey Am And Sis just drank it down G Sis started feeling poorly Em Am So she laid her fiddle down [Instrumental] G Am C Am C G Am G Am C Am C G Am [Verse 5] Am G Out behind the El Patron Am They dug a shallow grave C G Laid her down beneath the ground Am The fiddle in the coffin case G Am With the fiddle in the coffin case [Verse 6] Am G Kentucky Sue played Shady Grove Am On her old beat-up guitar C G Tears rolling down her face Am She took it pretty hard [Chorus] G Now somewhere in the distance Am You could hear the mission bells G Some folks go to heaven Am Some folks go to hell G Sis Draper went to Arkansas Em Am And that's all there is to tell [Instrumental] G Am C Am C G Am G Am C Am C G Am X