G
From a shack by a mountain stream
C G
To a room in New Orleans
D7
So far from my blue ridge mountain home
G
The men I meet ain't warm and friendly
C G C
Like the one in old Virginy
G D7 G
Oh they ain't real like my blue ridge mountain boy
I was just a little past eighteen
C G
When I came to New Orleans
D7
I'd never been beyond my home state line
G
There was a boy who loved me dearly
C G C
But I broke his heart severely
G D7 G
When I left my blue ridge mountain boy
C
Life was dull in my hometown
A#7 F C
Lights were out when the sun went down
G
And I thought the city life was more my style
But nights get lonely way from home
C G C
And it's easy to go wrong
G D7 G
The men ain't kind like my blue ridge mountain boy
New Orleans held things in store
C G
Things I've never bargained for
D7
Every night a different man knocks on my door
G
But late at night when all is still
C G C
I can hear a whippoorwill
G D7 G
As I cry for my blue ridge mountain boy
C
Oh but I can't ever go back home
A#7 F C
Since the boy I loved is gone
G
He grew tired of waiting for me to return
They say he'd married last October
C G
But I never will get over
D7 G
Oh the sweet love of my blue ridge mountain boy
D7 G
Blue ridge mountain boy
