Verse 

     D                A        G                 D 
Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine 
                   A             D 
The coal temples roared day and night 
     D              A             G            D 
But things they got slow for no reason that I know 
     D              A         D 
And ill winds they hove into sight 


Verse 

     D                A        G          D 
The mines all closed down everybody laid around 
                   A           D 
There wasn't very much left to do 
                      A                G               D 
Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time 
                   A             D 
And woman I could see it killin' you 
 

[Refrão]

         D                A    D 
Now the soft new snows of December 
        Bm  G           D 
Lightly fall my cabin 'round  
                             G 
And the last train from Poor Valley 
        D    G      A     G        D 
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound 


Verse 

                          A       G                 D 
It's been a comin' on and on lord soon you would be gone 
                      A          D 
Leavin' crossed your mind every day 
                 A             G                 D 
Then you said to me things are bad back home you see 
                 A        D 
I guess I better be on my way 


Verse 

                         A         G              D 
Well I should blame you now but I never could somehow 
                     A               D 
A miner's wife you weren't cutout to be 
                    A                 G                 D 
It wasn't what you thought just some dreams that you'd bought 
                       A             D 
When you left home and ran away with me 

 

[Refrão]

         D                A    D 
Now the soft new snows of December 
        Bm  G           D 
Lightly fall my cabin 'round  
                             G 
And the last train from Poor Valley 
        D    G      A     G        D 
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound 


Outro 

                             G 
And the last train from Poor Valley 
        D    G      A     G        D 
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound