Key: G
Introduction:
G
Far away on the hill on a sunny mountain side,
C G
many years ago we parted, my little Ruth and I,
D G
from the sunny mountain side.
G
She clung to me and trembled when I told her we must part,
C G
she said don't go my darling, it almost breaks my heart
D G
to think of you so far apart.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.
D G D G C G D G
Oh, my mountain home.
G
I fold my arms around her, lean her head upon my breast,
C G
I told her I would wed her when I come back from the West,
D G
at my old Clinch Mountain home.
G
In my hand I hold a picture of the old home far away,
C G
in the other one my sweetheart I'm thinking of today,
D G
on the sunny mountain side.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.
D G D G C G D G
Oh, my mountain home.
G
My mother's old and feeble, my father's getting gray,
C G
I'm going back to Virginie, and I expect to stay
D G
at my old Clinch Mountain home.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my Clinch Mountain home.
C G D G
Carry me back to old Virginie, back to my old mountain home.
D G D G C G D G
Oh, my mountain home.