The Last Train From Poor Valley

C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G F C/G Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine G C/G The coal tipples roared day and night C/G G F C/G But things they got slow for no reason that I know C/G G C/G And ill winds they hove into sight C/G G F C/G Then the mines all closed down everybody laid around C/G G C/G There wasn’t very much left to do C/G G F C/G Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time C/G G C/G And woman I could see it killin’ you C/G G C/G Now the soft new snows of December Am F C/G Lightly fall my cabin ’round C/G C7 F Saw that last train from Poor Valley C/G F G C/G Takin’ brown haired Becky Richmond bound C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G F C/G It’s been a comin’ on and on lord soon you would be gone C/G G C/G I think leavin’ crossed your mind every day C/G G F C/G Then you said to me things are bad back home you see C/G G C/G I guess I better be on my way C/G G F C/G Well I should blame you now but I never could somehow C/G G C/G A miner’s wife you weren’t cutout to be C/G G F C/G It wasn’t what you thought just some dreams you had bought C/G G C/G When you left home and ran away with me C/G G C/G Now the soft new snows of December Am F C/G Lightly fall my cabin ’round C/G C7 F Saw that last train from Poor Valley C/G F G C/G Takin’ brown haired Becky Richmond bound C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G F C/G C/G G C/G C/G G C/G Now the soft new snows of December Am F C/G Lightly fall my cabin ’round C/G C7 F Saw that last train from Poor Valley C/G F G C/G Takin’ brown haired Becky Richmond bound