The Appleblossom Rag(Chords)

	        


Intro: C  C/B  F  C C (2x) 


Verse 1 chords:  
C                C/B    F 
Where's the queen    of my parade? 
C                G 
She ain't coming back 
C             C/B    F 
The only thing   she left me is 
     C    G       C 
This appleblossom rag 



C       F    C 
Oh, the appleblossom rag 
C        F       C 
oh, such sweet refrain 
    C               F 
And hid beneath the chords, the thorns 
     C          G     C 
That cause such awful pain 


Interlude:  C  C/B  F  C  C 


Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
 
This new gang's the gang for me 
Always on the town 
Oh, the stories I could tell 
If I felt like it now 


Verse 3: use verse 1 chords
 
This new gang's the gang for me 
I know all of their names 
And they know mine and them that don't 
All love me just the same 


Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords
 
Oh, the appleblossom rag 
oh, for such a knife 
That from my blood could love unbraid 
Without taking my life 


Interlude: C C/B  F  C  C (2x) 


Verse 3: use verse 1 chords 
This new girl's the girl for me 
Best girl that I know. 
Never asks me where I've been 
or when I'm coming home 


Verse 3: use verse 1 chords 

This new girl's got a real fork-tongue 
I love the way she lies. 
A false young painted devil 
But, I know so it's alright 


Chorus 3: use chorus 1 chords 
Oh, that appleblossom rag 
Lord, I'm such a fool 
for things that sing so sweet and sad 
And are so goddamn cruel 


Outro: C  C/B  F  C  C (2x)
	        

Written by Josh Ritter