Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
Flatt Scruggs
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongIntro
G C D G
Verse 1
C Oh how can it be they have driven D G Their father so helpless and old C Oh God may their crimes be forgiven D G To perish out here in the cold C Oh heaven I'm sad and I'm wearied D G See the tears how they course down my cheek C This world is so lonely and weary D G My heart for relief vainly seeks
Chorus
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die G C D G
Verse 2
G C Long years since Mary was taken D G My faithful affectionate wife C Since then I've been alone and forsaken D G The light has died out of my life C Oh me on the doorstep up yonder D G I've sit with my babes on my knee C No father was happy or fonder D G Than I of my little ones three
Chorus
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die G C D G
Verse 3
C The boys were so rosy and cheerful D G And Lily would chatter so sweet C God knows how their father has loved them D G But they've driven him out on the street C I gave them the place that they lived on D G A deed to the farm and more C I gave them the house they were born in D G And now I am turned from it's door
Chorus
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die G C D G