Sweet Mountain Rose

G C G Em G C G D G G C G Down and old mountain road, in the long long ago, Em In a town where the white waters flow, G C G A story they tell, of the wild Rebel yell, D G And a girl called the Sweet Mountain Rose. G C G She grew running wild, with the heart of a child, Em And she ran where the wild meadows grow. G C G The boy of her dreams, he was only nineteen, D G When he left her on that old mountain road. D Em Years have gone by in the wink of an eye, C G Since they called him to war and he chose, G C G To be one of the brave, in the loud cannonade, D G Far away from his Sweet Mountain Rose. Fiddle break G C G Em G C G D G G C G And as he marched away, well you know what they say, Em The heart of a woman, it knows. G C G He would never return, to the fire she would burn, D G When he left that old mountain road. D Em Years have gone by, in the wink of an eye, C G Since they called him to war and he chose, G C G To be one of the brave, in the loud cannonade, D G Far away from his Sweet Mountain Rose. Banjo break G C G Em G C G D G G C G Now the final war was waged, as he wrote the last page, Em And pinned it to his coat in the cold. G C G And the letter they found, on that bloody battleground, D G Was addressed to his Sweet Mountain Rose. D Em Sometimes at night, in the cold winter light, C G A shadow is paled as it snows. C G He stands in Rebel gray, like the day he marched away, D G Still searching for his Sweet Mountain Rose. G C G He stands in Rebel gray, like the day he marched away, D G Still searching for his Sweet Mountain Rose. G C G D G