G                C              G
If I was on some foggy mountain top
G                    D7
I'd sail away to the west
G                    C          G
I'd sail around this whole wide world
G                      D7
To the girl I love the best

[Verse]
G                   C         G
If I had listened t'what mama says
G                          D7
I would not have been here today
G              C             G
A-lying around this old jail house
G                       D7
A-weeping my sweet life away

[Chorus]
G            C                G
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
           C           G
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee

[Verse]
G              C            G
Oh, if you see that girl of mine
G                          D7
There's something you must tell her
G                       C         G
She need not be foolin' no time away
G                   D7
To court some other feller

[Verse]
G                                  C            G
Oh, she's caused me to weep, she's caused me to mourn
G                         D7
She caused me to leave my home
G                         C            G
For the lonesome pine and the good old times
G                  D7
I'm on my way back home

[Chorus]
G            C                G
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
           C           G
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee

[Verse]
G                 C   G
Oh, when you go a-courtin'
G                    D7
I'll tell you how to do
G                  C            G
Pull off that long-tailed roustabout
G                D7
Put on your navy blue

[Chorus]
G            C                G
Yeah, oh-lay-ee-oh, lee-oh-la-ee-ay
           C           G
Lee-oh-lay-ee, lay-ee, oh-lay-ee