On Top of Old Smokey

Eddy Arnold

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C             F                  C
On top of old Smokey all covered in snow
               G7                    C
I lost my true lover by courting too slow
               F                       C
But courting’s pleasure but parting is grief
                    G7                  C
For a false hearted lover is worse than a thief

Verse 2

                     F                     C
A thief he will just rob you take what you have
                    G7                          C
But a false hearted lover will take you to your grave
             F                       C
A grave will decay you turn you into dust
                     G7                      C
And there just isn’t one girl a poor boy can trust

Verse 3

                F                  C
So come all you lover’s and listen to me
                 G7                          C
Don’t place your affection on a green willow tree
                   F                     C
The leave will all wither the roots will all die
               G7                         C
Then you’ll be forgotten but you’ll never know why

Verse 4

              F                  C
On top of old Smokey all covered in snow
               G7                    C
I lost my true lover by courting too slow
               F                       C
But courting’s pleasure but parting is grief
                    G7                  C
For a false hearted lover is worse than a thief