Cherry River Line

Lonesome Ace Stringband

Key of F · Chords: I IV V

Introduction

C C Bb C
C F Bb C

Chorus

C                      Bb               C
It's lonely here, it's lonesome all the time
C                            F      Bb    C
It's lonesome on the cherry, cherry river line

Instrumental

C C Bb C
C F Bb C

Verse 1

C                                Bb
I had a girl on yonder mountain, she treated me so fine
C                  F            Bb           C
I went back to see her, she was always on my mind
C                        Bb
I found her with another beneath the spreading pine
C           F        Bb              C
Hugging and kissing, drinking cherry wine

Chorus

C                      Bb               C
It's lonely here, it's lonesome all the time
C                            F      Bb    C
It's lonesome on the cherry, cherry river line

Instrumental

C C Bb C
C F Bb C

Verse 2

C                        Bb              C
Now she's gone away, she left me here to grieve
C                  F              Bb    C
Some other fellows got her in the metal robbery
C                                  Bb             C
This train that’s I’m riding, it’s pulling mighty slow
C                   F         Bb               C
I hate to hear that lonesome, lonesome whistle blow

Chorus

C                      Bb               C
It's lonely here, it's lonesome all the time
C                            F      Bb    C
It's lonesome on the cherry, cherry river line

Instrumental

C C Bb C
C F Bb C

Verse 3

C                     Bb                   C
Someday I will forget you, no longer on my mind
C                F           Bb               C
But I will never forget that old cherry river line

Chorus

C                               Bb
It's lonely here, it's lonesome all the time
C                    F       Bb           C
It's lonesome on the cherry, cherry river line

Outro

C C F F
F Bb C C
C C F F
F Bb C C
C C F F
F Bb C C