Flatt & Scruggs – Over The Hill To The Poorhouse (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G C D G
[Verse 1]
C Oh how can it be they have driven D G Their father so helpless and old C Oh God may their crimes be forgiven D G To perish out here in the cold C Oh heaven I'm sad and I'm wearied D G See the tears how they course down my cheek C This world is so lonely and weary D G My heart for relief vainly seeks
[Chorus]
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die
G C D G
[Verse 2]
G C Long years since Mary was taken D G My faithful affectionate wife C Since then I've been alone and forsaken D G The light has died out of my life C Oh me on the doorstep up yonder D G I've sit with my babes on my knee C No father was happy or fonder D G Than I of my little ones three
[Chorus]
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die
G C D G
[Verse 3]
C The boys were so rosy and cheerful D G And Lily would chatter so sweet C God knows how their father has loved them D G But they've driven him out on the street C I gave them the place that they lived on D G A deed to the farm and more C I gave them the house they were born in D G And now I am turned from it's door
[Chorus]
G I'm old I'm helpless and feeble D And the days of my youth have gone by G C And it's over the hill to the poor house D G I must wander alone there to die
G C D G