On Top Of Old Smoky Chords - Dave Van Ronk

Intro

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C C F C On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow, C C F C I lost my true lover for courtin' so slow C Am C Am Now, courtin' is a pleasure and partin' is grief, C C F C And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief. * C C F C For a thief will just rob you and take what you save, C C F C But a false-hearted lover will lead you to your grave. C Am C Am And the grave will decay you and turn you to dust; C C F C Not one man in 10 thousand a poor girl can trust. * C C F C They'll hug you and kiss you and tell you more lies C C F C Than crossties on a railroad or stars in the sky. C Am C Am They'll throw their arms around you and give your heart ease, C C F C But the minute your back's turned they love whom they please * C C F C Come all you young women take a warnin' from me C C F C Never place your affections on a green growin' tree C Am C Am The leaves they will wither the roots they will die C C F C You'll all be forsaken and never know why * C C F C Yet if I am forsaken I'll not be forsworn, C C F C And he sure is mistaken if he thinks I will mourn. C Am C Am Oh Johnny is a young man but still younger am I, C C F C And often, as he told me, that he'd wed me or die * C C F C On top of Old Smokey all covered with snow, C C F C I lost my true lover for courtin' so slow C Am C Am Now, courtin' is a pleasure and partin' is grief, C C F C And a false-hearted lover is worse than a thief. | (n) Ghost note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off