Cabin On The Hill

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Written by B.L. Shook

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
There's a happy child at home (there's a happy child at home)
      G7           C          G7           C
In my memory I can see (in my memory I can see)
         G7           C              G7           C
Standing out upon the hill (standing out upon the hill)
                        G7
Neath the shadow of the tree (neath the shadow of the tree)
                 C
If I only had my way (if I only had my way)
         G7              C          G7                    C
It would give my heart a thrill (it would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back (just to simply wander back)
       G7           C            F            C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)

Verse 2

Oh I want to wander back (oh I want to wander back)
       G7           C            G7           C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)
          G7            C               G7            C
Neath the shadow of the tree (neath the shadow of the tree)
                       G7
I would like to linger still (I would like to linger still)
                        C
Just to be with those I love (just to be with those I love)
       G7               C            G7               C
Joy my heart would over fill (joy my heart would over fill)
And I want to wander back (and I want to wander back)
       G7           C            F            C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)

Verse 3

But the saddest of it all (but the saddest of it all)
      G7         C             G7         C
I can never more return (I can never more return)
        G7              C             G7              C
To that happy childhood home (to that happy childhood home)
                       G7
Matters not how much I yearn (matters not how much I yearn)
                   C
If I'd only had my way (if I'd only had my way)
         G7              C                G7              C
It would give my heart a thrill (it would give my heart a thrill)
Just to simply wander back (just to simply wander back)
       G7           C            F            C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)

Verse 2

Oh I want to wander back (oh I want to wander back)
       G7           C            G7           C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)
          G7            C               G7            C
Neath the shadow of the tree (neath the shadow of the tree)
                       G7
I would like to linger still (I would like to linger still)
                        C
Just to be with those I love (just to be with those I love)
       G7               C            G7               C
Joy my heart would over fill (joy my heart would over fill)
And I want to wander back (and I want to wander back)
       G7           C            F            C
To the cabin on the hill (to the cabin on the hill)