Key: A
Introduction: G D C G D G D C G D G
G D C G
It's been ten long years since I left my home
D
In the hollow where I was born
G D C G
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
D
And the foxhunter blows his horn
G D C G
I fell in love with a girl from the town
D
I thought that she would be true
G D C G
I ran away to Charlottesville
D G
And worked in a sawmill or two
D G
What have they done to the old home place
Am D
Why did they tear it down
G D C G
And why did I leave the plow in the field
D G
And look for a job in the town
G D C G
Well my girl she ran off with somebody else
D
The taverns took all my pay
G D C G
And here I stand where the old home stood
D G
Before they took it away
G D C G
Now the geese they fly south and the cold wind blows
D
As I stand here and hang my head
G D C G
I've lost my love I've lost my home
D G
And now I wish that I was dead
D G
What have they done to the old home place
Am D
Why did they tear it down
G D C G
And why did I leave the plow in the field
D G
And look for a job in the town