Keith Whitley – Old Home Place Chords

The song is in the key of Bb major; to make the chords easier to play, place a capo on the third fret of your guitar.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
• BPM: 125
• Key: Bb
• Capo: 3rd fret
• Chords: G, A7, B7, C, D, D7
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Old Home Place
• Artist: Keith Whitley

[Intro]
| G  B7  C  G  |
| G  G   D7 D7 |
| G  B7  C  G  |
| G  D7  G  G  |
| G  G         |
 
[Verse 1]
          G        B7   
It's been ten long years 
      C         G
since I left my home
       G      G           D7   
in the holler where I was born,
          G         B7      
where the cool fall nights 
         C          G
make the wood smoke rise
        G          D7        G       
and the fox hunter blows his horn
 

[Verse 2]
  G       B7          C    
I fell in love with a girl 
         G
from the town,
  G            G            D7     D7
I thought that she would be true.
  G    B7     C         G
I ran away to Charlottesville
    G           D          G     G
and worked in a sawmill or two.
 

[Chorus]
D                          
What have they done to the 
G
old home place?
A7                   D7
Why did they tear it down?
    G         B7       C      
And why did I leave my plow 
       G
in the field
    G          D7         G      
and look for a job in the town?
 
[Interlude]
| G   B7   C   G    |
| G   G    D7  D7   |
| G   B7   C   G    |
| G   D7   G   G    |
| G   G             |
 
[Verse 3]
    G        B7       C        G
The girl ran off with somebody else,
    G            G      D7  
the tariffs took all my pay.
    G      B7              
And here I stand where the 
C        G
old home stood
  G         D7       G      
before they took it away.
 

[Verse 4]
         G         B7   
Now, the geese fly south 
        C         G
and the cold wind blows
   G       G                D7   
as I stand here and hang my head.
     G       B7         C       G
I've lost my love, I've lost my home
    G     D7              G    
and now I wish that I was dead.
 

[Chorus]
D                         
What have they done to the 
G
old home place?
A7                   D7
Why did they tear it down?
    G         B7       C    
And why did I leave my plow 
       G
in the field
    G          D7         G    
and look for a job in the town?
 
[Interlude]
| G   B7  C   G   |
| G   G   D7  D7  |
| G   B7  C   G   |
| G   D7  G   G   |
 
[End-Chorus]
D                          
What have they done to the 
G
old home place?
A7                   D7
Why did they tear it down?
    G         B7       C   
And why did I leave my plow 
       G
in the field
    G          D7         G     D7  G 
and look for a job in the town?

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