C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Instrumental]
C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Instrumental]
C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
C/G G F C/G
C/G G C/G
[Chorus]
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
