The Old Home Place Lyrics & Chords

By Dean Webb & Mitch Jayne | J.D. Crowe & The New South

Verse 1

(G)It's been ten long (Em)years since (C)I left my (G)home

In the hollow where I was (D)born

Where the (G)cool fall (Em)nights make the (C)wood smoke (G)rise

And the foxhunter (D)blows his (G)horn



(G)I fell in (Em)love with a (C)girl from the town

I thought that she would be (D)true

(G)I ran (Em)away to (C)Charlottes(G)ville

And worked in a (D)sawmill or (G)too



Chorus

(D)What have they done to the (G)old home place

(A)Why did they tear it (D)down

And (G)why did I (Em)leave the (C)plow in the (G)field

And look for a (D)job in the (G)town



Well my girl she ran off with somebody else

The taverns took all my pay

And here I stand where the old home stood

Before they took it away



Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows

As I stand here and hang my head

I've lost my love I've lost my home

And now I wish that I was dead

    

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