Oh My Darling Clementine chords by Percy Montros

Oh My Darling, Clementine chords
Percy Montrose (1884)

* alternate

     G
In a cavern, in a canyon,
                 D7
excavating for a mine;
        C            G
dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
        D7             G
and his daughter Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

          G
Light she was, and like a fairy,
                          D7
And her shoes were number nine,
        C             G
Herring boxes without topses,
        D7             G
Sandals were for Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

        G
Walking lightly as a fairy,
                             D7
Though her shoes were number nine,
          C                 G
Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping,
       D7             G
Lovely girl, my Clementine

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

          G
Drove she ducklings to the water
                      D7
Ev'ry morning just at nine,
        C              G
Hit her foot against a splinter,
       D7             G
Fell into the foaming brine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

     G
Ruby lips above the water,
                         D7
Blowing bubbles soft and fine,
     C             G
But alas, I was no swimmer,
        D7           G
Neither was my Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

     G
In a churchyard near the canyon,
                         D7
Where the myrtle doth entwine,
           C               G
There grow rosies and some posies,
     D7             G
Fertilized by Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

          G
Then, the miner, forty-niner,
                       D7
Soon began to fret and pine,
           C                G
Thought he oughter join his daughter,

        D7             C
So he's now with Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

       G
I'm so lonely, lost without her,
                       D7
Wish I'd had a fishing line,
        C                G
Which I might have cast about her,
           D7             G
Might have saved my Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

      G
In my dreams she still doth haunt me,
                              D7
Robed in garments soaked with brine,
         C              G
Then she rises from the waters,
      D7            G
And I kiss my Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

       G
Listen fellers, heed the warning
                       D7
Of this tragic tale of mine,
    C           G
Artificial respiration
           D7             G
Could have saved my Clementine.

      G
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    D7
oh my darling Clementine
        C                G
You are lost and gone forever,
         D7           G
dreadful sorry, Clementine.
      G
How I missed her, how I missed her,
                      D7
How I missed my Clementine,
      C                 G
Til I kissed her little sister,

       D7           G
And forgot my Clementine.


* alternate

     C
In a cavern, in a canyon,
                 G7
Excavating for a mine,
                     C
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
        G7             C
And his daughter Clementine.

      C
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
                    G7
Oh my darling Clementine
                         C
You are lost and gone forever,
         G7           C
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.


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