C
F
C
I left my old home back in the mountains
G7
For many long years I roamed around
F
C
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowing
G7
C
I’m going back there to settle down
F
C
I love those Carolina mountains
G7
And the little girl I left behind
C
F
C
But I know I’ll never forget her
G7
C
Oh how I long to make her mine
C
F
C
I looked out my window and wondered
G7
If everything there looks the same
C
F
C
I can see the blue eyes of my darling
G7
C
I’m going back there to change her name
F
C
I love those Carolina mountains
G7
And the little girl I left behind
C
F
C
But I know I’ll never forget her
G7
C
Oh how I long to make her mine
F
C
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