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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: Am Em C In the Spring of 1949 G Am That’s when I crossed the county line Am Em C It’s there I saw in Seneca Creek G Am A girl named Ruth who washed her feet Am Em C I told her my name was RC Farris G Am That I’d marry her with half a karat Am Em C She said "I do, but no stone can reach G Am "The prettiest shine of this here creek" Verse 2: Am Em C The mud was Deep and the roads were wide
We’d retreat and then re-take the lines Am Em C Korean winters had torn me down And killed all the boys from my hometown Am Em C But I’m coming home, Ruth, my dear G Am I got money in my pocket, don’t you fear Am Em C We’ll build a life by Seneca Creek G Am You’ll have everything you’ll ever need Chorus 1: C G F Let’s build a home by Seneca Creek C G Am And raise ourselves a family C G F I’ll work on the farm, you work the store C G Am We’ll have everything we ever hoped for C G F With the top of a mountain above our heads C G Am And the roar of Seneca by the bed Seneca Creek Verse 3: Am Em C And sure enough, the hard times came G Am You loved yours, I did the same Am Em C But we made it through the winter’s cold G Am And many summers young and old Am Em C In ’85 the creek did rise G Am But it only took the other side Am Em C It took Gandee, North Fork, and South Branch too G Am The house still stood that I built for you Verse 4: Am Em C In ’94 when you got sick G Am We’d make up trips for the hell of it Am Em C Take my hand, Ruth, my dear G Am I’ll take you back to any year Am Em C And now you lie on the hill up high G Am Right beneath the mountain sky Am Em C Seneca Creek sings below G Am Atop the tree sits a lonely crow Chorus 2: C G F We built a home by Seneca Creek C G Am And raised ourselves a family C G F I worked on the farm, you worked the store C G Am We had everything we'd ever hoped for C G F With the top of a mountain above our heads C G F And the roar of Seneca by the bed Seneca Creek
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Chords: E, A, D, G, B, Am, Em, C, F