capo on 3
this is an approximation of Justin's picking. Take a look at the video if you want to work
out the proper chords!
[Am].........................[Am7]...........[Am]
I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes
[Em]...............................[Am]
held up in the middle of the night
shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand
there in the pale moonlight
standing up on top of that lonely hill
spared by the company mine
is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on
in the shadow of a lonely pine
Ah but back before the war when the company came
these hills grew wild and free
Me and baby we'd hide in the hollers low
away from the cruel sun's heat
but then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush
to get to the riches below
And when they pulled out they left the coal black ground
And one pine standing alone
.................[Dm]...[Em].................[Am]
So take me home ......to Lone Pine Hill
Now I signed up back in '61
I'm an Army of Virginia man
I been from Manassas to Monocacy all the way to Sayler's Creek
fightin' for my homeland
Ah but four years gone and all hope lost
and Richmond under siege
we're digging out Five Forks waiting in the rain
For Sheridan to bring us to our knees
So take me home to Lone Pine Hill
.............[C].................................[Am]
There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight
[Dm]....................................[Am]
and if the rain keeps comin the creeks gonna rise
[C]...........................................[Am]
but with the Good Lord's Grace, I may get out of this place
[Dm]...................................[Em]................[Am]
And I'll be in her arms come the morning light, I swear
So God grant me speed, grant me forgiveness
and carry me all through the night
take me through your hills and over your rivers
away from this awful fight
'cause I never known a man that's ever owned another
and I ain't never owned nothing of my own
So after four long years I just can't tell you
what the hell I've been fightin' for
So take me home to Lone Pine Hill
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