Intro : A5 C5 G5 A5 E5 G5 A5 : A5 C5 G5 A5 I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes E5 G5 A5 held up in the middle of the night A5 C5 G5 A5 shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand E5 G5 A5 there in the pale moonlight A5 C5 G5 A5 standing up on top of that lonely hill E5 G5 A5 spared by the company mine A5 C5 G5 A5 is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on E5 G5 A5 in the shadow of a lonely pine A5 C5 G5 A5 Ah but back before the war when the company came E5 G5 A5 these hills grew wild and free A5 C5 G5 A5 Me and baby we'd hide in the hollows low E5 G5 A5 away from the cruel sun's heat A5 C5 G5 A5 but then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush E5 G5 A5 to get to the riches below A5 C5 G5 A5 And when they pulled out they left the cold black ground E5 G5 A5 And one pine standing alone D5 E5 So take me home A5 Lone Pine Hill A5 C5 G5 A5 Now I signed up back in sixty-one E5 G5 A5 I'm an Army of Virginia man A5 C5 G5 A5 I been from Manassas to Moconacy all the way to Sayler's Creek E5 G5 A5 fightin' for my homeland A5 C5 G5 A5 Ah but four years gone and all hope lost E5 G5 A5 and Richmond under siege A5 C5 G5 A5 We're digging out Five Forks waiting in the rain E5 G5 A5 For Sheridan to bring us to our knees D5 E5 So take me home A5 Lone Pine Hill C5 G5 A5 There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight C5 G5 A5 and if the rain keeps comin' then the creeks gonna rise D5 G5 C5 C5 A5 but with the Good Lord's Grace, I'll make it out of this place D5 E5 A5 and I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear A5 C5 G5 A5 So God grant me speed, and grant me forgiveness E5 G5 A5 and carry me all through the night A5 C5 G5 A5 take me through your hills and over your rivers E5 G5 A5 away from this awful fight A5 C5 G5 A5 'Cause I never known a man that's ever owned another E5 G5 A5 and I ain't never owned nothing of my own A5 C5 G5 A5 So after four long years I just can't tell you E5 G5 A5 what the hell I've been fightin' for D5 E5 So take me home A5 Lone Pine Hill
