The Old Home Place
John Hartford
Retrograss
Chords tabbed by:  Verne Garrison
Banjo tuned E Capo3, Key of C



    C               F                   C
It's been ten long years since I left my home
                          G
In the hollow where I was born
          C                 F                   C
Where the cool fall nights makes the wood smoke rise
                   G7         C
And the fox hunter blows his horn

    c                  F             C
I fell in love with a girl from the town
                             G
I thought that she would be true
       C             F
I ran away to Charlottesville
      C           G7        C
And worked in a sawmill or two.


What have they done to the old home place
Why did they tear it down
And why did I leave the plow in the fields
And look for the job in the town

Well the girl ran off with somebody else
and the taverns took my pay
And I'm standing here where the old home stood
Before they took it away

Now the geese fly south and the cold wind blows
As I stand here and hang my head
for I've lost my love I've lost my home
And now I wish that I was dead

What have they done to the old home place
Why did they tear it down
And why did I leave the plow in the fields
And look for the job in the town