The Girl From Wolverton Mountain
Jo Ann Campbell
[Intro]
C - C - C - C
[Verse]
C G7
Yes I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain
C
I Wish Someone Would Make Me Their Wife
G7
I Cain't Help Bein' Lonesome On Wolverton Mountain
C
When Your Daddy's Handy With A Gun And A Knife
[Chorus]
G7 C
They Said My Lips Were Sweeter Than Honey
D7 G7 G7 Stop
But How Do They Know When No One's Made The Dare
Tacet C G7
I Hate The Bears And The Birds On Wolverton Mountain
C
They Tell My Daddy And I Just Ain't Fair
C G7
Many A Lad Has Tried To Climb This Mountain
But They Never Seem To Reach The Top
G7
My Daddy Clifton Clowers Is Always There To Meet Them
C
His Gun And A Knife Brings Them To A Stop
[Chorus]
G7 C
They Said My Lips Were Sweeter Than Honey
D7 G7 G7 Stop
But How Do They Know When No One's Made The Dare
Tacet C G7
I Hate The Bears And The Birds On Wolverton Mountain
C Ab7
They Tell My Daddy And I Just Ain't Fair
C# Ab7
Yes I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain
C#
And If Something Don't Change I'll Be An Old Maid All My Life
Ab7
But I Keep Hopin' Somebody Will Climb This Mountain
C#
And Take Me To The Valley To Be His Wife
[Key Change]
C#
[Chorus]
Ab7 C#
They Said My Lips Were Sweeter Than Honey
Eb7 Ab7 Ab7 Stop
But How Do They Know When No One's Made The Dare
Tacet C# Ab7
I Hate The Bears And The Birds On Wolverton Mountain
C#
They Tell My Daddy And I Just Ain't Fair
[Outro]
Ab7
There'll Be Some-body Who Really Loves Me
C#
And He'll Climb Up On The Mountain
Ab7
And He Won't Care About Clifton Clowers