CAPO 3 
 
 
A                            
Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men 
   E                                     A 
To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again 
      A              
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean 
   E                                 A           
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene 
 
A 
Eyes that shown like emeralds and lips so Ruby Red 
    E                                                 A  
She cut me cut me like the diamond and shimmered as I bled 
      A 
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean 
   E                                 A 
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene 
 
 
D                       A  
Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold 
     D                            E  
They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal 
A                 E              A 
hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo 
A                 E              A  
hoo hoo hooooaah, ooh ooh oohdooodoo 
D                       A  
Alabaster shoulders and curls of river gold 
     D                            E  
They decorate the maiden with the heart as black as coal-oal 
 
 
   A  
So Sister's tell Brother's and Mamma's warn your Men 
   E                                     A 
To keep a heart from breaking in Abilene again 
      A              
There never was a lady so lovely and so mean 
   E                                 A           
As darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abilene 
      E                                 A   D  A 
Oh my darling Esmeralda the Jewel of Abileneeeene hee