Carter Family Songs Lyrics & Chords
My clinch mountain home
My clinch mountain home
Far a[G]way upon a hill on a sunny
mountain side
Many [C]years ago we parted, my own
true love and
[G]I From the [D]sunny mountain [G]side
Oh she [G]clung to me and trembled,
when I told her we must part
And she [C]said don't go my darling I
know twill break my [G]heart
When we [D]two are far [G]apart
Carry me [C]back to
old Vir[G]ginia back to [D]my clinch mountain [G]home
Carry me [C]back to
old Vir[G]ginia back to [D]my old mountain [G]home
My mother's old and feeble and my
father's getting gray
Carry me back to old Virginia for
its there I want to stay
Oh I held her in my arms leaned her
head upon my breast
And I told her that I'd wed her when
I come back from the west
To my old clinch mountain home
In my hand I hold a picture of the
old home far away And the picture of my sweetheart I'm thinking of today
On the sunny mountain side
* Refrain
Below is a new version of the song with lyrics that reflect recent history.
SWEET MOUNT'N HOME
Lyrics Copyright By Guy Mount, 2009. 4/4 time.
Based on the Carter Family melody & chords to "Clinch Mountain Home."
1. [G]Far away on a hill, on a sunny mountainside
My [C]girl and I got married, and then we moved in- [G]side
Of my [D7]old Sweet Mount'n [G]Home
2. But my job was taken from me, it was outsourced overseas.
Now some guy in India is making more than me
At my old Sweet Mount'n Home.
CHORUS: Fare-thee- [C]well to my old [G]home,
cause I [D]could not pay the [G]loan.
Now the [C]bank is movin' [G]in.
Here I [D7]go, down the road a [G]gain.
3. My home is in foreclosure, the sheriff said, "Go 'way!"
We're living in a pickup truck and I expect to stay
Near my old Sweet Mount'n Home.
(Chorus)
4. The kids are gettin' hungry, the wife says she's real cold
Sleepin' in a camper shell sure was gettin' old,
So we said goodbye, Sweet Mount'n Home.
(Chorus)
5. So we're goin' to Sacramento, where people live in tents.
I'm never goin' home again, I can't afford the rent
On my old, sweet Mount'n Home.