—Bill Monroe

I left the one that I love in the mountains
And all the love we shared
But each night as she kneels by her bedside
I know she calls my name in her prayer

Chorus:
When the moon shines on the Blue Ridge mountains
And it seems I can hear my sweetheart call
How I long to be near my darling
When the golden leaves begin to fall

She knows I'll return to the mountains
And will bring to her a wedding ring
It will be placed upon her finger
Happiness to us both it will bring

Winter time is so cold in the mountains
The ground will soon be covered white with snow
How I long to keep the home fires burning
For I know my darling needs me so

3/4
Verse

I	IV	I	V
I	IV	I-V	I

Chorus

IV	I	I	V
IV	I	I-V	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Chorus:
Yippee ti yi yay, yippee ti yi yo
Down the Sunset Trail
I'm bound to go

Across the plains and the desert
Where the wild winds wail
Someone waits for me
On the Sunset Trail

From the east I will travel
to the west
Lookin' for the one
that I love best

I'll settle back
and then we are ridin'
and I won't stop
Until I'm by her side

Repeat Verse 1 & Chorus

Chorus & Verse:

|: I

I

V

I :|

 

—Bill Monroe

I don't know, I don't know where I'll go or what I'll do
It makes no difference what I do without you
Oh I love you my darling but I'll try and let you be
Goodbye, it's the last you'll hear of me

Chorus:
Well I found a bluebird high on a mountain side
And the little bird would sing its little song
So I'll sigh, I'll cry, I'll even want to die
For the one I love is gone

3/4
Verse

Im	IVm	Im	Im
Im	IVm	V	V7
Im	IVm	Im	Im
IVm	V7	Im	Im

Verse

IV	IVm	Im	Im
IVm	VII	III	V7
Im	Im	IVm	Im
Im	V	Im	Im

 

—Bill Monroe

Springtime is near my darling
You say that you are going away
My heart will be with you my darling
And I'm counting now the days

Chorus:
I know that soon I'll have to travel
I know I'm over the hill
I feel so all alone my darling said she'd be gone
When I heard that first whippoorwill

The flowers are blooming little darling
With the budding of the trees
I hear the night birds a crying
I know that they are warning me

Our love was planted little darling
Just like the farmer plants his grain
But there will never be a harvest
On the hills the whippoorwill now sings

Verse

I	I	I-V	I
I	I	I-V	I

Chorus

IV	I	I	I
IV	I	I-V	I

 

—Bill Monroe

You went away to leave me here
To find somebody new
You're happy now with your new love
And I'm alone and blue

Chorus:
Shadows a creepin' around my door
The sun will soon go down
The nightbirds are cryin' away on the mountain
I'm the bluest man in town

You took away the love we knew
You wrecked our happy home
You left me with a broken heart
So blue and all alone

3/4
Verse and Chorus:

I	I	IV-V	I
I	I	I	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Oh the home above (repeat) so far away (repeat)
That's where we pray (repeat ) we'll live someday (repeat)
In the home above (repeat) beyond the starlight sky (repeat)
Where the soul of man (repeat) will never die (repeat)

Chorus:
I'm ready to leave (repeat ) this world below (repeat )
To the home above (repeat ) I'm ready to go (repeat)
Then mother will say (repeat) welcome home our son (repeat)
In a heavenly home (repeat ) our life has just begun (repeat)

Oh my mother and dad (repeat) have gone on before (repeat)
They're waiting for me (repeat) on the heavenly shore (repeat)
I long to see (repeat ) and shake their hand (repeat)
When I'm safe at home (repeat) as they had planned (repeat)

Oh the beautiful land (repeat ) where we'll never die (repeat)
That's where my soul (repeat) shall rest on high (repeat)
I'll sing and shout (repeat) for His face I'll see (repeat)
With God I'll rest (repeat) for eternity (repeat)

Verse

I	I	I	V
I	I	I-V	I

Chorus

V	I	V	I
I	I	V	I