Left My Gal In The Mountains

Hank Thompson

Written by Carson J. Robison

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

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I left my gal in the mountains I left her standing in the rain
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I went down to the depot caught myself a midnight train
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Made my way down to Georgia landed in a gambling town
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Got myself in trouble cause I shot a county sheriff down

Verse 2

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The jury read the verdict murder in the first degree
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The judge said take that prisoner to the penitentiary
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They put the handcuffs on me put me on the Pullman train
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Took me to Atlanta tied me with a ball and chain

Verse 3

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I left my gal in the mountains I left her standing all alone
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Last night I dreamed I got a letter saying
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Baby won't you please come home
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She told me that she loved me said that she loved me true
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Then I dreamed I wrote a letter saying I'm a coming home to you

Verse 4

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Then I woke up this morning laying in Atlanta jail
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No one here to love me no one to go my bail
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Prison bars all around me the guard walking by my door
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I'm so sad and lonely cause I'll never see my gal no more
G7                       C
I'll never see my gal no more