The Wind Weeps Eleanor

Tom : Am
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[Verse 1]
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There's a land of fog and shadow way down below
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Where every door is sinking 'neath cold white snow
Am Dm
And the lake is frozen over, nothing never grows
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Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 2]
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I stole a Foster rifle and a fist of shells
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Fashioned me a snowshoe when the wagons fell
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Then drank a fit of courage down the broken path to Hell
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Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 3]
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The belly of the mountain is cruel and long
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With a banjo on my shoulder, I carried on
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To beseech the Devil's mercy with a mortal song
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Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 4]
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I found him in a cabin at the serpent's tail
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Where brides of lovesick travelers fill a winter jail
Am Dm
There I sang my words so sweetly that the Devil did wail
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Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 5]
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"Look not behind thee, laddie," he bellowed twice
Em Em Dm E
"Look not behind thee, laddie, there be a price"
Am Dm
But I turned to bear her witness and she turned to ice
F Am Am G Am
Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 6]
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He broke her into pieces as he waved his claw
Em Em Dm E
She fell upon his kettle and began to thaw
Am Dm
Not a devil there before me, but a man I saw
F Am Am G Am
Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Verse 7]
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I carved a Foster bullet with the Mark of Cain
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I lifted up my rifle, but the Devil ran
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In the land that God abandoned, murder be my name
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Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go
F Am Am G Am
Where the wind weeps Eleanor, 'tis there I go

[Outro]
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