INTRO: C

CHORUS:
                      G                C
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia
        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
           C
Though the times are sad and drear
      F
And I cannot linger here
        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go


                      G         C
My daddy said, "Don't ever be a miner"
      F                              G
For a miner's grave is all I'll ever own
        C
There's hard times everywhere
        F
I can't find a dime to spare
      C             G               C
These are the worst times I've ever known


CHORUS:
                      G                C
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia
        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
           C
Though the times are sad and drear
      F
And I cannot linger here
        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go


                     G               C
So, I'll move away into some crowded city
        F                                    G
In some northern factory town you'll find me there
            C
Though I'll leave the past behind
     F
I'll never change my mind
      C                  G               C
These troubled times are more than I can bear


CHORUS:
                      G                C
But the green rolling hills of West Virginia
        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
           C
Though the times are sad and drear
      F
And I cannot linger here
        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go


INSTRUMENTAL: C   G  C   F   G   C   F   C  G  C


                 G               C
Someday, I'll go back to West Virginia
         F                              G
To those green, rolling hills I love so well
    C
Oh, someday I'll go home
      F
And I know I'll right the wrong
      C               G            C
These hard times will follow me no more


CHORUS:
                      G                C
Oh, the green rolling hills of West Virginia
        F                              G
Are the nearest thing to heaven that I know
           C
Though the times are sad and drear
      F
And I cannot linger here
        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go

Though the times are sad and drear
      F
And I cannot linger here
        C           G            C
They'll keep me and never let me go