Chords:
{t: Old Home Place [C]} {artist: The Dillards} {key: C} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17PrnKcfuIQ But in A {c: Thanks to Jeffrey Arena} {c: Note: Barre forms are written in for the second half of the tune. This is just to give another place where chords can be played.} {c:(banjo kick off - first verse)} It's been [C] ten long [E] years since [F] I left my [C] home In the [C] hollow where I was [G] born Where the [C] cool fall [E] nights make the [F] wood smoke [C] rise and the [C] fox hunter [G] blew his [C] horn I [C] fell in [E] love with a [F] girl from my [G] town I [C] thought that she would be [G] true I [C] ran a-[E]way to [F] Charlottes-[C]ville and [C] worked in a [G] sawmill [C] too {soc} [G] What have they done with the [C] old home place? [D] Why did they tear it [G] down? And [C] why did I [E] leave my [F] plow in the [C] field and [C] look for a [G] job in the [C] town? {eoc} {c:(mandolin and banjo instrumental)} The [C-2] girl ran [E-2] off with [F-2] somebody [C-2] else The [C-2] tariffs took my [G-2] pay And [C-2] now I [E-2] stand where the [F-2] old home [C-2] stood be-[C-2]fore they [G-2] took it a-[C-2]way Now the [C-2] geese fly [E-2] south and the [F-2] wind grows [C] cold As [C-2] I stand here and hang my [G-2] head I [C-2] lost my [E-2] love I've [F-2] lost my [C-2] love and [C-2] now I [G-2] wish that I was [C-2] dead {soc} [G-2] What have they done to the [C-2] old home place? [D-2] Why did they tear it [G-2] down? And [C-2] why did I [E-2] leave my [F-2] plow in the [C-2] field and [C-2] look for a [G-2] job in the [C-2] town? {eoc} And [C] why did I [E] leave my [F] plow in the [C] field and [C] look for a [G] job in the [C] town?