OLD HOME PLACE (Mitch Jayne & Dean Webb)
Performed by J.D. Crowe and The New South
Off the "Hand-Picked: 1986 Rounder Records"

*Capo 3rd Fret (Perform in Key of Bb)

G                  B7          C         G
It’s been ten long years since I left my home
                          D
In the hollow where I was born
          G         B7              C          G   
Where the cool fall nights make the wood smoke rise,
                 D         G  
And a fox hunter blows his horn.

G         B7          C             G
I fell in love with a girl from the town
                            D
I thought that she would be true
  G   B7      C         G
I ran away to Charlottesville
                D          G 
And worked in a sawmill or two

(Chorus)

D                          G
What have they done to the old home place
A                    D
Why did they tear it down
    G         B7        C           G
And why did I leave the plow in the field
               D          G
And look for a job in the town

(Mandolin Solo Chords)
/G/B7/C/G/G/G/D/D/G/B7/C/G/G/D/G/G/G/G/

         G        B7       C        G
Well the girl ran off with somebody else
                        D
The taverns took all my pay
    G      B7              C        G
And here I stand where the old home stood
            D       G
Before they took it away

                  B7            C         G
Now the geese fly south and the cold wind moans
                            D
As I stand here and hang my head
     G       B7        C       G
I've lost my love I've lost my home
          D               G       
And now I wish that I was dead

D                          G     
What have they done to the old home place
A                    D
Why did they tear it down
    G         B7        C           G  
And why did I leave the plow in the field
               D          G
And look for a job in the town

(Guitar Solo Chords) (Dobro Solo Chords)
/G/B/C/G/G/G/D/D/G/B/C/G/G/D/G/G/G/G/

D                          G
What have they done to the old home place
A                    D
Why did they tear it down
    G         B7        C           G
And why did I leave the plow in the field
               D          G  
And look for a job in the town.


This is my first posting so if things don't line up correctly I'll do my best 
to fix it. This is a great old time feeling song which sounds great when played 
with a couple guitars, a banjo, a mandolin, a dobro and a fiddle. Have fun and 
any comments or suggestions would be gladly accepted!