The Green Rolling Hills Of West Virginia

Written by Bruce Phillips

Key of D · Chords: I IV V

Chorus

             A                     D
Oh the green rolling hills of West Virginia
        G                            A
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
                 D
Though the times are sad and drear and I cannot linger here
        D       A             D
They’ll keep me and never let me go.

Verse 1

                    A       D
My daddy said don’t ever be a miner
   G                             A
or a miner’s grave is all you’ll ever own
There’s hard times everywhereI can’t find a dime to spare
      D             A          D
These are the worst times I’ve ever known

Verse 2

                  A         D
So I’ll move away into some crowded city
   G                                      A
In some northern factory town you’ll find me there
Though I’ll leave the past behind ‘ll never change my mind
      D                  A           D
These troubled times are more than I can bear.

Verse 3

Someday I’ll go back to West Virginia
To those green rolling hills I love so well
Oh omeday I’ll go home and I know I’ll right the wrong
And these hard times will follow me no more.