annabelle ( gillian welch )
track 2 from “revival” ( almo , amsd – 80006 )

verse 1 :
Am F
we lease twenty acres and one ginny mule
E7 Am
>from the alabama trust
Am F
for half of the cotton and a third of the corn
E7 Am
we get a handful of dust

chorus :
F C G Am
we cannot have all things to please us , no matter how we try
F C G Am F C G Am F E7 Am
until we’ve all gone to jesus , we can only wonder why

verse 2 :
i had a daughter called her annabelle
she’s the apple of my eye
tried to give her something like i never had
didn’t want to ever hear her cry

( chorus )

verse 3 :
when i’m dead and buried i’ll take a hard life of tears
>from every day i’ve ever known
anna’s in the churchyard she got no life at all
she only got these words on a stone

( chorus )