[Intro]
G C G Em G C G D G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Down and old mountain road, in the long long ago,
Em
In a town where the white waters flow,
G C G
A story they tell, of the wild Rebel yell,
D G
And a girl called the Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Verse 2]
G C G
She grew running wild, with the heart of a child,
Em
And she ran where the wild meadows grow.
G C G
The boy of her dreams, he was only nineteen,
D G
When he left her on that old mountain road.
[Chorus]
D Em
Years have gone by in the wink of an eye,
C G
Since they called him to war and he chose,
G C G
To be one of the brave, in the loud cannonade,
D G
Far away from his Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Fiddle break]
G C G Em G C G D G
[Verse 3]
G C G
And as he marched away, well you know what they say,
Em
The heart of a woman, it knows.
G C G
He would never return, to the fire she would burn,
D G
When he left that old mountain road.
[Chorus]
D Em
Years have gone by, in the wink of an eye,
C G
Since they called him to war and he chose,
G C G
To be one of the brave, in the loud cannonade,
D G
Far away from his Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Banjo break]
G C G Em G C G D G
[Verse 4]
G C G
Now the final war was waged, as he wrote the last page,
Em
And pinned it to his coat in the cold.
G C G
And the letter they found, on that bloody battleground,
D G
Was addressed to his Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Final Chorus]
D Em
Sometimes at night, in the cold winter light,
C G
A shadow is paled as it snows.
C G
He stands in Rebel gray, like the day he marched away,
D G
Still searching for his Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Tag]
G C G
He stands in Rebel gray, like the day he marched away,
D G
Still searching for his Sweet Mountain Rose.
[Outro]
G C G D G
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/iiird_tyme_out/sweet_mountain_rose_chords_2655177