Em     D  G   D   Em

[Verse 1]
                          G
There where no cuckoos, no sycamores
   C                Dm            Am
We played about the forest floor
               G              D
Underneath the silver maples
                    Em
The balsams and the sky


[Verse 2]
                        G
We popped the heads off dandelions
  C                 Dm              Am
Assuming roles from nursery rhymes
              G          D
Rested on the riverbank
                   Em   D
And grew up by and by
                   Em   G
And grew up by and by


[Chorus]
                         D
Frail my heart apart and play me a little shady grove
G
Ring the bells of Rhymney
          D                            G
Till they ring inside my head forever
                         D                         G
Bounce the bow, rock the gallows for the hangman’s reel
    D                       G
And wake the devil from his dream


[Instrumental]
D   G   D   Em  D  G    D


[Bridge]
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan
                  Em
I’m going back to Harlan


[Verse 3]
                G
And if you were Willie Moore
    C              Dm             Am
And I was Barb'rie Allen, or fair Ellen
               G
All sad at the cabin door
  D                         Em
A-weepin’ and a-pining, for love
  D                         Em
A-weepin’ and a-pining, for love


[Chorus]
                         D
Frail my heart apart and play me a little shady grove
G
Ring the bells of Rhymney
          D                            G
Till they ring inside my head forever
                         D                         G
Bounce the bow, rock the gallows for the hangman’s reel
    D                       G
And wake the devil from his dream


[Instrumental]
D   G   D   Em  D  G    D


[Chorus]
                         D
Frail my heart apart and play me a little shady grove
G
Ring the bells of Rhymney
          D                            G
Till they ring inside my head forever
                         D                         G
Bounce the bow, rock the gallows for the hangman’s reel
    D                       G       D
And wake the devil from his dream


[Outro]      (fade to end)
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan
                  G             D
I’m going back to Harlan (going back)
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan
        G             D
Back to Harlan (going back)
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan
                  G        D
I’m going back to Harlan (going back)
        G        D
Back to Harlan
                  G             D
I’m going back to Harlan (going back)
        G        D
Back to Harlan