Kentucky Mountain - Delmore Brothers
Tuning: E, E A D G B E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeXOhflbGQ
[Intro]
[Chorus]
How the sad wi
nd moans on Ke
ntucky Mountai
n
And the rain i
s falling in h
er face
And by her sid
e in the lonel
y graveyard
I want to lie
down and take
my place
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
She sleeping o
n Kentucky Mou
ntain
And the rain i
s falling in h
er face
And by her sid
e when this li
fe is over
I’ll lay me do
wn and take my
place
[Chorus]
How the sad wi
nd moans on Ke
ntucky Mountai
n
And the rain i
s falling in h
er face
And by her sid
e in the lonel
y graveyard
I want to lie
down and take
my place
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
We fell in lov
e there in the
mountains
Our love was b
eautiful and f
ree
She was so you
ng when the ma
ker called her
I guess she wa
s not meant fo
r me
[Chorus]
How the sad wi
nd moans on Ke
ntucky Mountai
n
And the rain i
s falling in h
er face
And by her sid
e in the lonel
y graveyard
I want to lie
down and take
my place
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
I’m like a lon
esome dove at
twilight
As she flies a
round from tre
e to tree
My aching hear
t is full of s
orrow
Since never mo
re my love I’l
l see
[Outro]
How the sad wi
nd moans on Ke
ntucky Mountai
n
And the rain i
s falling in h
er face
And by her sid
e in the lonel
y graveyard
I want to lie
down and take
my place