Across the wild Missouri
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G D
1. My lady love, she stands a-waitin' far
across the wide
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on the banks I hear her callin' to me.
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A
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across the wide
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A D
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across
the wide
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G D
2. For seven years I've been a-roamin', seven
years I left the valley,
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D
now I live just for my true love to see.
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A
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across the wide
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A D
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across
the wide
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3. I'm pushing on when dawn's a-breakin',
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goin'
'cross the wide
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A D
where my love, she stands a-waitin' for me.
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A
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across the wide
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A D
A-roll, a-roll a-ree, across
the wide
(Kingston Trio)