Chestnut Mountain chords by Zoe & Cloyd

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Key: Eb MajorEb

♫ Intro:

D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm D MajorD


♫ Verse 1:
D MajorD    G+G
I was a boy
       D MajorD
Not over knee high
           A augmentedA    E minorEm
When I first went to Chestnut
               D MajorD
The homeplace up on a mountainside

♫ Verse 2:
D MajorD         G+G
The place where my grandpa
      D MajorD
Lived as a child
         E minorEm    A augmentedA
There once was a farm there
              D MajorD
Some years they barely got by

♫ Verse 3:
D MajorD         G+G
They cut down the chestnuts
      D MajorD
Cursing the blight
       A augmentedA   E minorEm
Sold them for tanbark
                 D MajorD
That’s all you could do when they died

♫ Chorus:
D MajorD
All that’s left
    G+G
are the graves on a hill

A augmentedA couple of chimneys
        D MajorD
standing there now
                           A augmentedA  G+G
Memories float in back of my mind I wanna go back in time

♫ Verse 4:
D MajorD       G+G
Years went on by
        D MajorD
As years always do
    A augmentedA    E minorEm
Even on Chestnut
              D MajorD
Life changed a lot up there too

♫ Verse 5:
D MajorD         G+G
They moved off the mountain
        D MajorD
‘Til no one was there
         A augmentedA   E minorEm
Except for great-grandma
                D MajorD
And the home they all had once shared

♫ Chorus:
D MajorD
All that’s left
    G+G
are the graves on a hill

A augmentedA couple of chimneys
        D MajorD
standing there now
                           A augmentedA  G+G
Memories float in back of my mind I wanna go back in time

♫ Verse 6:
D MajorD       G+G
Homesites were offered up
      D MajorD
If you qualify
            A augmentedA    E minorEm
But they can’t take our homeplace
              D MajorD
No matter how hard they may try

♫ Verse 7:
D MajorD       G+G
Now there’s an iron gate
          D MajorD
At the foot of the hill
          A augmentedA    E minorEm
They locked up old Chestnut
               D MajorD
But voices are singing there still

♫ Chorus:
D MajorD
All that’s left
    G+G
are the graves on a hill

A augmentedA couple of chimneys
        D MajorD
standing there now
                           A augmentedA  G+G
Memories float in back of my mind I wanna go back in time

♫ Outro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G