The Bluegrass Widow Chords & Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

[G]It's been five years come this autumn, She remembers well the day Robert Earl Keen
The [F]day the fever got him and [C]took him far a [G]way

Far away from always knowin' that the love they shared was true
Far a [F]way the fiddlers bowin' " [C]Grass River [G]Blues"

It was in the dead of winter when her man first caught the chill
It was [F]said he heard the angels singin' " [C]Cabin On the [G]Hill"

Through the springtime he was groanin' "maybe time to pass and go"
By the [F]summer she was moanin' Good Old [C]Lover please come [G]home

[CHORUS]
Now she [C]stands out in the midnight in the [G]moonlight all aglow
She [C]prays to Carter Stanley, won't you [G]please tell Bill Monroe
I'd rather [C]be in some dark hollow or some [G]dark, deep shady grove
Than to [F]be a Bluegrass widow, [C]oh, oh [G]oh

[INSTRUMENTAL]
Will you m[G]iss me when I'm gone were his final words to her
Darlin' [F]think of what you've been to me re [C]plied his Knoxville [G]girl

And the leaves had started turnin when his mind began to fail
Then he [F]broke down in a breakdown now she [C]wears a long black [G]veil

Chorus, Twice through to end