Darlin’ Corey

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I V VII

Verse 1

     G
Wake up wake up darling Corey
     G
What makes you sleep so sound
    G       F        G
The revenue officers are coming
        G          D    G
They’re gonna tear your still-house down.

Verse 2

     G
Well the first time I seen darling Corey
    G
She was sitting by the banks of the sea
Had a forty-four around her body
      D                  G
And a five-string on her knee.

Verse 3

Go away go away darling Corey
Quit hanging around my bed
Your liquor has ruined my body
Pretty women gone to my head.

Verse 4

    G
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
    G
Dig a hole in the cold damp ground
    G
Dig a hole dig a hole in the meadow
                        D
We’re gonna lay darling Corey down.

Verse 5

Can’t you hear them bluebirds a-singing
Don’t you hear that mournful sound
They’re preaching darling Corey’s funeral
In some lonesome graveyard ground.