Lamplighting Time In The Valley

Marty Robbins

Written by Harold Goodman, Sam C. Hart, Joe Lyons, Curt Poulton, Dean Upson

Key of E · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

           E      A                 E
Oh there’s a lamp shining bright in the cabin
                           B
in a window that’s shining for me
      E         A         E
And I know that my mother is praying
        B                  E  E7
for the boy she is longing to see

Chorus

          A                     E
when it’s lamp lighting time in the valley
                             B
in my dreams I go back to my home
     E            A           E
Oh I can see that old lamp in the window
   B                        E
it will guide me wherever I roam.

Verse 2

       A                   E
By the lamplight tonight I can see her
                                 B
as she rocks in her chair to and fro
Oh she’s praying that I’ll come back to see her
and I know that I never can go.