Why Did You Wander

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Lester Flatt and Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                     C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G                   D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G                                 C
When you know that we always were happy
G                D7           G
All alone in our old mountain home

Verse 2

C
It was down in the old Cumberland Mountains
G                    D7
Down in the hills of Tennessee
G                          C
As she waited alone in the moonlight
G            D7                  G
It was there that she waited for me

Verse 1

G                     C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G                   D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G                                 C
When you know that we always were happy
G                D7           G
All alone in our old mountain home

Verse 3

C
Oh why did you leave me little darling
G                    D7
Why did you leave me alone
G                                  C
For you knew I'd be lonely without you
G                D7           G
All alone in our old mountain home

Verse 1

G                     C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G                   D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G                                 C
When you know that we always were happy
G                D7           G
All alone in our old mountain home

Verse 4

C
Now I hope you will always be happy
G                       D7
No matter where you may roam
G                               C
And I hope to be with you up in heaven
G                 D7           G
As we were in our old mountain home

Verse 1

G                     C
Oh why oh why did you wander
G                   D7
Oh why did you ever roam
G                                 C
When you know that we always were happy
G                D7           G
All alone in our old mountain home