Danville Girl

The Greenbriar Boys

Written by Vince Martin

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 1

G
My pocket book was empty
   C         D7      G
My heart was full of pain
                   Em
Ten thousand miles away from home
A7                   D7
Bumming the railroad train

Verse 2

      G
I was standing on the platform
C         D7      G
Smoking a cheap cigar
Waiting for the next freight train
   D7             G
To carry an empty car

Verse 3

Oh I got off at Danville
    C          D7       G
Got stuck on a Danville girl
                            Em
You can bet your life she's out of sight
    A7                  D7
She wore those Danville curls

Verse 4

    G
She took me to her parlor
    C          D7       G
She treated me nice and kind
She got me in the notion
   D7              G
Of bumming all the time

Verse 5

She wore her hair on the back of her head
     C         D7     G
Like high-tone people do
                             Em
And the very next train come down the line
  A7           D7
I bid my girl adieu

Verse 6

  G
I pulled my cap down over my eyes
    C          D7       G
And walked the railroad track
    C       G
And there I caught the next freight train
D7            G
Never to come back