White Dove

The Stanley Brothers

Written by Carter Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                F
In the deep rolling hills of old Virginia
          C                    G7
There's a place that I love so well
        C                     F
Where I spent many days of my childhood
       C              G7       C
In the cabin where we loved to dwell

Verse 2

                         F
White dove will mourn in sorrow
    C            G7         C
The willows will hang their heads
                     F
I'll live my life in sorrow
      C          G7        C
Since mother and daddy are dead

Verse 3

                           F
We were all so happy there together
       C                        G7
In our peaceful little mountain home
        C                         F
But the Savior needs angels up in heaven
         C               G7          C
Now they sing around the great white throne

Verse 2

                         F
White dove will mourn in sorrow
    C            G7         C
The willows will hang their heads
                     F
I'll live my life in sorrow
      C          G7        C
Since mother and daddy are dead

Verse 4

                             F
As the years roll by I often wonder
           C                   G7
If we will all be together someday
         C                             F
And each night as I wander through the graveyard
         C             G7       C
Darkness finds me as I kneel to pray

Verse 2

                         F
White dove will mourn in sorrow
    C            G7         C
The willows will hang their heads
                     F
I'll live my life in sorrow
      C          G7        C
Since mother and daddy are dead