Lily Of The Valley Chords & Lyrics - Judy Collins

CAPO: 3rd Fret

[INTRO]
[C] [G] [C] [G]

[C]Lily of the [G]Valley
[C]Lily of the [G]Valley
[C]Lily of the [F]Vall[C]ey [G]

[VERSE 1]
They called her [C]Lily of the [G]Valley and she [F]lived beside the [C]river
The [F]youngest of her [C]sisters and the [F]prettiest of them [G]all
She was [C]courted by the [G]men in town, [F]she could have married [C]anyone
The [F]one she made her [C]husband was the handsomest of all [G]

[VERSE 2]
They were [C]married in a [G]chapel, Lily [F]bore him seven [C]children
And [F]every night he [C]put her down and [F]made her feel a[G]shamed
He [C]took the face she [G]used to wear and [F]put a look of [C]sorrow there
The [F]more he made her [C]suffer, the more she felt to blame

[CHORUS]
[F]No more tears [G]Lily, don't [Am]cry anymore
[Dm7]Tears of yours won't [F]fall another [G]time
[F]Don't cry [G]Lilly, we [Am]know how you've tried
[Dm7]Fighting for your [F]life was not a [G]crime

[VERSE 3]
[C]One night Lily [G]turned to him, be[F]fore he raised his [C]hand to her
[F]One more time she [C]said, "And not a[F]gain" [G]
He [C]laughed and threw a[G]nother punch, the [F]blow knocked Lily [C]to the floor
Some[F]how she grabbed the [C]kitchen knife and stabbed her husband dead [G]

[VERSE 4]
The [C]jury they de[G]cided it was [F]murder in the [C]first degree
They [F]said she had pro[C]voked him with her [F]wild and wicked [G]talk
They [C]hanged her by the [G]river where so [F]many times she [C]wandered
They [F]left her children [C]motherless, in sorrow and in shock

[CHORUS]
[F]No more tears [G]Lily, don't [Am]cry anymore
[Dm7]Tears of yours won't [F]fall another [G]time
[F]Don't cry [G]Lilly, we [Am]know how you've tried
[Dm7]Fighting for your [F]life was not a [G]crime

[BRIDGE]
A [Am]soldier in a [Em]uniform is [Am]meant to kill the [Em]enemy
But [Am]Lilly, in her own de[Em]fence, was [F]framed to take the [G]fall
Her [Am]children watched their [Em]father beat their [Am]mother all too [Em]often
The [Am]battlefields of [Em]families are the [F]saddest of them [G]all

[VERSE 5]
The [C]willow weeps for [G]Lily as its [F]branches touch the [C]water
The [F]wind is crying, "[C]Lily", as it [F]sighs along the [G]shore
The [C]river's singing, "[G]Lily, we all [F]know that you are [C]innocent
[F]You were promised [C]marriage, but you had to fight a war"

[CHORUS]
[F]No more tears [G]Lily, don't [Am]cry anymore
[Dm7]Tears of yours won't [F]fall another [G]time
[F]Don't cry [G]Lilly, we [Am]know how you tried
[Dm7]Fighting for your [F]life was not a [G]crime

[OUTRO]
[C]Lily of the [G]Valley
[C]Lily of the [G]Valley
[C]Lily of the [F]Vall[C]ey