F    Bb  F  C  F  Bb  F

[Verse 1]

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We ran through the hills and forests as two under a spell
         C                   F
He was a city boy, Floyd the outlaw
      Bb                 F
But I thought I knew him well

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Long after that great summer when I first came into my fame
         C           F            Bb          F
And the avenger from Oklahoma was added to my name
     Bb         F       Bb  F  Bb  F  Bb  F
The avenger I became...

[Chorus 1]

           Eb       Bb      F
Well, they call me avenging Annie
Eb          Bb      F
I'm avenger of womanhood
Eb         Bb         F
I spend my whole life telling lies
Eb          Bb                F
Lead you on and mess you over good...

Eb         Bb                F
I take all you spoiled young hippies
Eb       Bb             F
Running around, playing games
Eb                  Bb        F
Mess around in your bed, I'll blow your head
Eb       Bb            F
I'll put you through a change
                    Bb      Ab      Eb   F       Bb  F  Bb  F  Bb  F
What you've done to others, I'll do unto you...

[Verse 2]

Eb                Bb        F
But then I met my sensitive outlaw
Eb                          Bb   F
He was the best thing I had ever seen
        Eb     Bb          F
I wanna be his wife, wanna give him my life
      Eb       Bb      F                Eb  Bb  F
I was so blind I could never have seen, no

     Bb        C       F           Bb     C       F
So I joined up with my outlaw, and headed for California...

              Eb           Bb      F
He treated me worse than I ever imagined
        Eb           Bb       F
He even say he don't want me around
        Eb    Bb     F
Kept it up so long I couldn't be strong
Eb        Bb             F
He run me right into the ground
                Bb
After five long years
             Ab     Eb                 F        N.C.
He picked me up and then he slapped me down... (stop)

[Bridge]

Ab  Eb  F  (2X)
Ab  Eb  F  C  Bb  F  G    F    Bb   

[Verse 3]

     Eb        Bb            F        Eb       Bb    F
When I told my friends about him they all were on my side
      Eb                    Bb                F
But I could see through the haze he looked so crazy
  Eb     Bb         F                 Eb  Bb  F
I put my head right down and I cried
            Bb       Ab           Eb            F
For my poor lover, I cried like a mother for my poor lover...

Eb           Bb           F
Well, I felt so sad about it
      Eb              Bb        F
But I knew I couldn't do him no good
       Eb     Bb    F
He was so far gone, standing all alone
  Eb        Bb       F
I left him, I knew I should
  Eb              Bb        F       F
I knew I couldn't do him no good...

[Verse 4]

Eb             Bb                F            Eb     Bb     F
And now I live out on a mountain top, and I'm almost thirty-five
         Eb       Bb              F
And I've found my peace, and I've found my release
        Eb            Bb F
And I'm happy just to be alive...

      Eb       Bb         F           Eb         Bb           F
And I might go back to my Floyd, if I think it's the thing to do
           Eb         Bb    F
He gave up murder and theft right after I left
        Eb           Bb       F
And you know I still love him too

     Eb        Bb          F
Just like your woman loves you
     Eb        Bb          F
Just like your woman loves you
     Eb        Bb          F
Just like your woman loves you
     Eb        Bb          F
Just like your woman loves you...

[Chorus/Outro] 

Eb              Bb          F
Well, they call me avenging Annie
Eb          Bb      F
I'm avenger of womanhood
Eb         Bb         F
I spend my whole life telling lies
Eb       Bb     F              Eb      Bb  F
Lead you on and mess you over, yeah...

Eb              Bb          F
Well, they call me avenging Annie
Eb          Bb      F
I'm avenger of womanhood
Eb         Bb         F
I spend my whole life telling lies
Eb       Bb     F              Eb      Bb  F
Lead you on and mess you over, yeah...

Eb  Bb  F