She Left Me Standing On The Mountain

Jim and Jesse

Written by Alton Delmore

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
Darling will you marry me I asked a maiden fair
I turned my back upon her when I looked she wasn't there
            C                          G
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
            C        D7     G
She left me standing way up there

Verse 2

Where the honeybees are buzzing round the flowers there
That is where she vanished somewhere in that mountain air
            C                          G
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
            C        D7     G
She left me standing way up there

Verse 3

I just saw the whippoorwill a-talking to a bear
They were both a-laughing 'bout her giving me the air
            C                          G
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
            C        D7     G
She left me standing way up there

Verse 4

I would give most anything if once more she'd appear
And tell me that she cared a little for this mountaineer
            C                          G
She left me standing (standing) on the mountain
            C        D7     G
She left me standing way up there

Verse 5

            C        D7     G
She left me standing way up there