[Strophe]
C                F        C 
The name she gave was Caroline 
F                 C 
The daughter of a miner 
        F 
And her ways were free 
       C    G/B   Am 
And it seemed to  me 
     G                 F        C 
That sunshine walked beside her
[Strophe]
C                     F            C 
She come from Spencer, across the hill 
F                   C 
She said her pa had sent her 
          F 
Cause the coal was low 
    C  G/B   Am 
And soon the snow 
      G                    F     C 
Would turn the skies to winter.
[Strophe]
C                  F             C 
She said she'd come to look for work 
F                   C 
She was not seekin' favors 
          F 
And for a dime a day 
      C   G/B  Am 
And a place to stay 
      G                     F     C 
She'd turn those hands to labor
[Strophe]
C                        F                  C 
The times were hard Lord, and the jobs were few 
F                    C 
All through Tecumseh Valley 
        F 
But she asked around 
      C  G/B  Am 
And a job she found 
        G              F      C 
Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's
[Strophe]
C               F            C 
She saved enough to get back home 
F                        C 
When spring replaced the winter 
        F 
But her dreams were denied 
    C  G/B   Am 
Her pa  had  died 
    G                       F     C 
The word come down from Spencer.
[Strophe]
C                       F            C 
So she turned to whorin' out on the streets 
F                   C 
With all the lust inside her 
           F 
And it was many a man 
      C   G/B  Am 
Who returned  again 
   G                   F    C 
To lay himself beside her.
[Strophe]
C                  F             C 
They found her down beneath the stairs 
F                 C 
That led to Gypsy Sally's 
           F 
And in her hand when she died 
      C  G/B    Am 
Was a note that cried 
          G                 F     C 
Fare-thee-well, Tecumseh Valley
[Strophe]
C                F        C 
The name she gave was Caroline 
F                 C 
The daughter of a miner 
        F 
And her ways were free 
       C    G/B   Am 
And it seemed to  me 
     G                 F        C 
That sunshine walked beside her