CAROLINA MOUNTAIN HOME (Len Wright & E. L. Scarborough)
performed by Ricky Skaggs on ANCIENT TONES (c. 1999)
transcribed by Mark Albert [email protected]
INTRO:
D G D D D A D D
VERSE 1
D G D
I left my old home back in the mountains
D A
For many long years I roamed around
D G D
I can hear that lonesome whistle blowin'
D A D
I'm going back there to settle down
G D
I love those Carolina mountains
D A
And the little girl I left behind
D G D
But I know I'll never forget her
D A D
Oh, how I long to make her mine
VERSE 2
D G D
I looked out my window and wondered
D A
If everything there looks the same
D G D
I can see the blue eyes of my darlin'
D A D
I'm going back there to change her name
CHORUS
G D
I love those Carolina mountains
D A
And the little girl I left behind
D G D
But I know I'll never forget her
D A D
Oh, how I long to make her mine
CHORD CHART
VERSE
D G D D D D A A
D G D D D A D D
CHORUS
G G D D D D A A
D G D D D A D D
NOTE:
I prefer to use a capo on the second fret and play the song in C
major.
no capo
I D C
IV G F
V A G