Old Home Place

J.D. Crowe and the New South

Written by Dean Webb and Mitchell Jayne

Key of A · Chords: I II III IV V

Verse 1

A                  C#7           D       A
It's been ten long years since I left my home
                          E7
In the hollow where I was born
          A         C#7             D          A
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise
                   E7        A
And the fox hunter blows his horn

Verse 2

          C#7         D             A
I fell in love with a girl from the town
                            E7
I thought that she would be true
A     C#7     A D
I ran away to Charlottesville
                E7      A
And worked in a sawmill too

Chorus

E7                                  A
What have they done to the old home place
B7                   E7
Why did they tear it down
    A         C#7           D      A
And why did I leave my plow in the field
               E7         A
And look for a job in the town

Verse 3

                  C#7      D        A
Well the girl ran off with somebody else
                        E7
The tariffs took all my pay
A          C#7                 D    A
And here I stand where the old home stood
            E7      A
Before they took it away

Verse 4

                  C#7                D    A
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
                           E7
As I stand her and hang my head
A            C#7       D       A
I've lost my love I've lost my home
          E7              A
And now I wish that I was dead

Chorus

E7                                  A
What have they done to the old home place
B7                   E7
Why did they tear it down
    A         C#7           D      A
And why did I leave my plow in the field
               E7         A
And look for a job in the town

Chorus

E7                                  A
What have they done to the old home place
B7                   E7
Why did they tear it down
    A         C#7           D      A
And why did I leave my plow in the field
               E7         A
And look for a job in the town