D D7 D D [Verse 1] D D7 There's a house in Willoughby Grove D Am It used to have a wood burning stove G D Bm E7 Lots of children playin in the yard A7 Life was good though the times were hard [Chorus] D A Here my mama say,(here my mama say) Bm7 D Papa fetch some wood G A D Growing up and Willoughby grove was good (grove was good) [Verse 2] D D7 We were poor in Willoughby Grove D Am Papa built the car we drove G D Bm7 Em7 Aah, there was space and every hill was green A7 Water clear and here was so clean [Chorus] D A Here my papa say Bm7 D Mama I'm a happy man G A D Wish I was in Willoughby grove again (grove again) [Bridge] Em But I had to see the world A D The world outside G Bm Em7 The one day I hitched a ride F#m7 Bm I never had much reason to return Em7 D A Mama wrote till Papa died F#m F#dim Now she's going to his side Bm E7 Lord what a sad return (so sad) A7 Ain’t nobody saying. [Verse 3] D D7 Welcome home to Willoughby Grove D D You know the county paved the old dirt road G D Aah, houses grow where meadows Bm7 E7 A7 Used to be in our yard as a factory D A And there ain't nothing there to keep me now Bm7 D Looks like I'lI be moving on. [Outro] G A D I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone G A D Bm D I came home but Willoughby Grove was gone gone