Old Home Place

Mitch Jayne, Dean Webb

Written by Dean Webb, Mitch Jayne

Key of G · Chords: I II III IV V

Verse 1

G                  B             C       G
It's been ten long years since I left my home
G                         D
In the hollow where I was born
G                   B               C          G
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
D                           G
And the foxhunter blows his horn

Chorus

G                     B             C    G
I fell in love with a girl from the town
G                           D
I thought that she would be true
G             B                   C                   G
I ran away to Charlottesville And worked in a sawmill too

Verse 2

D                          G
What have they done to the old home place
A                    D
Why did they tear it down
G             B         C           G
And why did I leave the plow in the field
G              D          G
And look for a job in the town

(Chorus)

Verse 3

G                 B        C        G
Well the girl ran off with somebody else
G                       D
The tariffs took all my pay
G          B               C        G
And here I stand where the old home stood
G           D        G
Before they took it away

(Chorus)

Verse 4

G                 B             C         G
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
G                           D
As I stand here and hang my head
G            B         C       G
I've lost my love I've lost my home
G                   D     G
And now I wish that I was dead