My Ozark Mountain Home

D G D A D 3x D G D There's a place that's far away and a little mound of clay A That recalls to me the days of long ago D When I set on Mother's knee G D An' she talked and sang to me A D How I loved her voice an' accent sweet an' low G Oh her love will always linger D I can see her day by day A As she sat there in that little cabin home D Tho' the house is gone away G D And the fields with grass are gray A D I can n'er forget my Ozark mountain home G D A Oh I bow my head in sorrow for I know we'll meet tomorrow in that little mound of clay there in the hills D G D A D I'm going back and build a shack by that little mound of clay G D A D I'm going back and build a shack in those Ozark Hills far away D G D A D 2x D G D Oh her life was sweet to me just as sweet as sweet could be A And her aching heart was always full of pain D G D From that little mound of clay she will guide me day by day A D And I'll never roam the distant west again G D A In words that live for ever she advised me not to never take advantage of the weak ones of our day D G D A D Though we're better off in Maine we will all just be the same when we meet there in the shadow of the clay G D A Oh I bow my head in sorrow for I know we'll meet tomorrow in that little mound of clay there in the hills D G D A D I'm going back and build a shack by that little mound of clay G D A D I'm going back and build a shack in those Ozark Hills far away D G D A D 2x D G D A D I'm going back and build a shack by that little mound of clay G D A D I'm going back and build a shack in those Ozark Hills far away