Misc Traditional – Oh My Darling Clementine (Guitar)

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Percy Montrose (1884) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_My_Darling,_Clementine * alternate
     G         
In a cavern, in a canyon, 

                 D7 
excavating for a mine; 

        C            G    
dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 

        D7             G   
and his daughter Clementine.  

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

          G                 
Light she was, and like a fairy, 

                          D7  
And her shoes were number nine, 

        C             G            
Herring boxes without topses, 

        D7             G          
Sandals were for Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

        G          
Walking lightly as a fairy, 

                             D7   
Though her shoes were number nine, 

          C                 G           
Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping, 

       D7             G    
Lovely girl, my Clementine 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever,  

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

          G
Drove she ducklings to the water 

                      D7       
Ev'ry morning just at nine, 

        C              G    
Hit her foot against a splinter, 

       D7             G           
Fell into the foaming brine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

     G   
Ruby lips above the water, 

                         D7 
Blowing bubbles soft and fine, 

     C             G   
But alas, I was no swimmer, 

        D7           G   
Neither was my Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.   

     G         
In a churchyard near the canyon, 

                         D7   
Where the myrtle doth entwine, 

           C               G   
There grow rosies and some posies, 

     D7             G          
Fertilized by Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

          G          
Then, the miner, forty-niner, 

                       D7 
Soon began to fret and pine, 

           C                G      
Thought he oughter join his daughter, 

        D7             G  
So he's now with Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.   

       G                     
I'm so lonely, lost without her, 

                       D7 
Wish I'd had a fishing line, 

        C                G     
Which I might have cast about her, 

           D7             G    
Might have saved my Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.   

      G                     
In my dreams she still doth haunt me, 

                              D7     
Robed in garments soaked with brine, 

         C              G  
Then she rises from the waters, 

      D7            G           
And I kiss my Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine.  

       G                   
Listen fellers, heed the warning 

                       D7 
Of this tragic tale of mine, 

    C           G      
Artificial respiration 

           D7             G  
Could have saved my Clementine. 

      G                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    D7 
oh my darling Clementine 

        C                G           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         D7           G  
dreadful sorry, Clementine. 

      G            
How I missed her, how I missed her, 

                      D7     
How I missed my Clementine, 

      C                 G  
Til I kissed her little sister, 

       D7           G        
And forgot my Clementine. 
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     C         
In a cavern, in a canyon, 

                 G7 
Excavating for a mine, 

                     C   
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 

        G7             C   
And his daughter Clementine.  

      C                 
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 

                    G7 
Oh my darling Clementine 

                         C           
You are lost and gone forever, 

         G7           C  
Dreadful sorry, Clementine. 
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