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?
