G vamp intro
G B7 C G
It’s been ten long years since I left my home
G D
In the holler where I was born
G B7 C G
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
G D
And the fox hunter blows his horn
I fell in love with a girl from the town
I thought that she would be true
I ran away to Birmingham
And worked in a steel mill too
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D G
What have they done to the old home place
A D
Why did they tear it down?
G B7 C G
And why did I leave that plow in the field
D G
and look for a job in the town
Well the girl ran off with someone else
The tariffs took all my pay
And here I stand where the old home stood
Before they took it away
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
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