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G D G
Two lovers stood in the white, white sand
G D G
A dark-eyed maiden and her tall lover man
G D G
With surprise and pain in her eyes
G D G
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man
D
They're lyin' to me, aren't they, Jim
D
She asked him
C D
That fair-haired girl with those blue, blue eyes
D
Is not your wife, is she Jim
C G
And with tears in her eyes and her sad, sad cries
G D G
She clung to the hand of her tall lover man
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G D G
In the darkness, he let go of her hand
D G
I'm not to blame, it was a game
C G
For that fair-haired woman is my wife
G D G
And she will be all of my life
D
You're lyin' to me, aren't you Jim,
D
she asked him
C D
If lovin' me was a sport, then your life will be short
D
She said to him, Whoooo
C G
And the blade of the maid struck the man
G D G
As the blood flowed in the sand from her tall lover man
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G D G
Two lovers lyin' in the white, white sand
G D G
I'll die with you, my tall lover man
G D G
And her blade found its mark in the dark
G D G
As she clung to the hand of her tall lover man
D
You're lyin' to me, aren't you, Jim,
D
she asked him
C D
That fair-haired girl with those blue blue eyes won't be your wife, my Jim
C G
And with tears in her eyes and sad, sad cries
G D G
She died in the sand by her tall lover man