Billy Strings – When Its Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
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