Townes Van Zandt – Blue Ridge Mountains (Guitar)

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[Intro]
   G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

   D                         G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

   G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

      D                         G
And I ain't comin' back here anymore
[Verse 1]
  G
I had me a mother that could pray, boys

D                                 G
 She prayed for me both night and day, boys

      G
And I tore down every prayer that she could say, boys

      D                         G
And I ain't comin' back here anymore
[Verse 2]
          G
I want to find me a lady fair and tender

        D                   G
Want to play her song on my steel strings

      G
Gonna lay her down in a bed of clover

       D                         G
Then I ain't comin' back here anymore
[Instrumental] G D G G D G [Verse 3]
     G
I've seen this whole wide country over

     D                     G
From New York city down to Mexico

         G
And I've seen the joyful and the sorrow

      D                         G
And I ain't comin' back here anymore
[Verse 4]
   G
So Mister Sinby can you hear me

D                            G
 Down there in Gracel, Louisiana-O

     G
I'll lay a joint upon your grave, Sir

       D                         G
Then I ain't comin' back here anymore
[Outro]
   G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

   D                         G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

   G
My home is in the Blue Ridge mountains

      D                         G
And I ain't comin' back here anymore