Billy Strings – When Its Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] G C G G A7 D G C G D D7 G [Verse 1]
          G            C           G
There's a lamp shining bright in a cabin

                    A7          D
And now I know it's shining for me

      G            C         G
And I know that my mother is praying

        D          D7           G        G7
For the boy she is longing to see
[Chorus]
          C                         G
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley

                   A7         D
And in dreams I go back to my home

      G            C           G
I can see that old lamp in the window

        D            D7     G
It will guide me wherever I roam
[Instrumental] G C G G A7 D G C G D D7 G [Verse 2]
         G             C              G
Well she lights up her lamp and she's waiting

                      A7              D
For she knows not the crime that I've done

         G             C             G
But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her

      D           D7             G        G7
Up in Heaven when life's race is run
[Chorus]
          C                         G
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley

                   A7         D
And in dreams I go back to my home

      G            C           G
I can see that old lamp in the window

        D            D7     G
It will guide me wherever I roam
[Instrumental] G C G G A7 D G C G D D7 G [Verse 3]
        G              C           G
In the lamp light each night I can see her

                    A7           D
As she rocks in her chair to and fro

         G              C           G
Though I know that I'll never go to see her

  D           D7        G        G7
I know that I never can go
[Chorus]
          C                         G
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley

                   A7         D
And in dreams I go back to my home

      G            C           G
I can see that old lamp in the window

        D            D7     G
It will guide me wherever I roam
[Instrumental] G C G G A7 D G C G D D7 G G7 [Verse 4]
          C                         G
When it's lamp lighting time in the valley

                   A7           D
And the shadows of night gently fall

      G           C            G
It is then that I long for the valley

    D                 D7           G
And I miss you Mother dear most of all