My Old Kentucky Home

Boxcar Willie

Written by Stephen C. Foster

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                              F            C
Oh the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home
                     G7
The summer is fading away
    C                           F               C
The corn tops are right and the meadow's in the bloom
                      G7            C
While the birds sings music all the day

Verse 2

                            F         C
The young folks roll on the old cabin floor
                        G7
All merry all happy and bright
       C                   F               C
By and by hard times comes knocking on the door
                   G7        C
In my old Kentucky home good night

Verse 3

        F          C
So weep no more my lady
   F            C
Oh weep no more today
                             F            C
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
                    G7       C
For my old Kentucky home far away

Verse 4

                              F              C
We will hunt no more for the 'possum and the coon
                                   G7
On the meadows by the hill and the shore
   C                        F              C
We will sing no more by the glimmer of the moon
                   G7        C
In the yard by the old cabin door

Verse 5

                        F            C
The days goes by like a shadow on my heart
                            G7
With sorrow where there was delight
    C                     F           C
The time has come when we all have to part
                   G7        C
In my old Kentucky home good night

Verse 3

        F          C
So weep no more my lady
   F            C
Oh weep no more today
                             F            C
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
                    G7       C
For my old Kentucky home far away

Verse 6

                          F         C
The head must bow and the back must bend
                    G7
Wherever we may all go
  C                     F                C
A few more days and the trouble will all end
                       G7        C
In the field where the sugarcane grows

Verse 7

                   F              C
A few more days to tote the weary load
                           G7
No matter it never will be light
  C                     F             C
A few more days till we totter on the road
                   G7        C
In my old Kentucky home good night

Verse 3

        F          C
So weep no more my lady
   F            C
Oh weep no more today
                             F            C
We will sing one song for my old Kentucky home
                    G7       C
For my old Kentucky home far away

Verse 8

                    G7       C
For my old Kentucky home far away