Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I was just 23 when Lorene married me
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E good woman's greatest mistake
She was carrying my child but I was too young and wild
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For the burdens that marriage creates
[Verse 2]
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So just like a coward I looked for a way out
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I went where the Slank River flows
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I left her a note inside of my coat
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And quickly walked off down the road
[Verse 3]
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Lorene stood and shivered while they dragged the river
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For the body that was not to be found
I watched from a hill while they had my funeral
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From there I could hear every sound
[Verse 4]
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There were friends and relations
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And they all kept saying what shame it was I chose to die
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But the thing that still haunts me and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
[Chorus]
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Black velvet lace covered her face
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But her grieving was too strong to hide
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Yes, the thing that still haunts me and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
[Verse 5]
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After two years of hiding with my shame locked inside me
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My conscience led me back home
To a small country graveyard where a plain wooden marker
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Had Lorene's name carved next to my own
[Verse 6]
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Now I stand and shiver at the banks of the river
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Lorene seems to beckon to me
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Death like an old friend whispers come on in
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And I'll put your conscience to sleep
[Chorus]
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Black velvet lace covered her face
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But her grieving was too strong to hide
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Yes, the thing that still haunts me and tears at my conscience
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Is the sound Lorene made when she cried
[Outro]
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As I go under the last I remember
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Is the sound Lorene made when she cried