Kathy Mattea – Green Rolling Hills (Guitar)

                      G                C
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia

        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

           C
Though the times are sad and drear

      F
And I cannot linger here

        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go

                      G         C
My daddy said, "Don't ever be a miner"

      F                              G
For a miner's grave is all I'll ever own

        C
There's hard times everywhere

        F
I can't find a dime to spare

      C             G               C
These are the worst times I've ever known

                      G                C
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia

        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

           C
Though the times are sad and drear

      F
And I cannot linger here

        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go

                     G               C
So, I'll move away into some crowded city

        F                                    G
In some northern factory town you'll find me there

            C
Though I'll leave the past behind

     F
I'll never change my mind

      C                  G               C
These troubled times are more than I can bear

                      G                C
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia

        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

           C
Though the times are sad and drear

      F
And I cannot linger here

        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go

                 G               C
Someday, I'll go back to West Virginia

         F                              G
To those green, rolling hills I love so well

    C
Oh, someday I'll go home

      F
And I know I'll right the wrong

      C               G            C
These hard times will follow me no more

                      G                C
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia

        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know

           C
Though the times are sad and drear

      F
And I cannot linger here

        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go

      F
And I cannot linger here

        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go