—Bill Monroe

There's a bluegrass girl a-waiting
In the state of Old K.Y.
Way up in the mountains
Where the tall pines touch the sky
Her hair is like the autumn
And her eyes are heavenly blue
I'm coming back to see you
My Old Kentucky and you

Chorus:
She's the jewel of all the bluegrass girls
A diamond in the rough
Sparkles with love that's just for me
I can't see her enough
Her hair is like the autumn
And her eyes are heavenly blue
I'm coming back to see you
My Old Kentucky and you

In the hills of old Kentucky
Where the bluegrass grows so sweet
A scene from heaven here on earth
Where an angel waits for me
Her lips are sweet as honey
And moist as the morning dew
I'm coming back to see you
My Old Kentucky and you

Chorus 2:
She's the jewel of all the bluegrass girls
A diamond in the rough
Sparkles with love that's just for me
I can't see her enough
Her lips are sweet as honey
And moist as the morning dew
I'm coming back to see you
My Old Kentucky and you

Tag:
My Old Kentucky and you

Verse

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I	I	I	V
I	I	IV	I
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Chorus

IV	IV	I	I
IV	IV	I	V
I	I	IV	I
I	I	V	I

 

—Bill Monroe
(pronounced "loo-zi-a-na")

Somewhere down the line you'll say you love me
And that's what I want to hear you say
In the state of Louisiana I lost my heart (?)
Say you love me before I go away

Chorus:
Oh the Louisiana moon is shining so bright
From way up in heaven above
In the state of Louisiana I lost my heart
She'll always be my Louisiana love

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Verse

I	IV	I	V
I	IV	I-V	I

Chorus

IV	I	I	V
I	IV	I-V	I

 

—Bill Monroe

I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl last night
I wrote to my girl that I was comin' home
But my last old dollar is done gone

Chorus:
Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Oh my last old dollar is done gone
Now how can a poor boy get back home
When his last old dollar is done gone

I've drank and I've rambled around
I've drank and I've rambled around
Now the time has come when I wanna go home
But my last old dollar is done gone

Now the east bound train is done run
Now the east bound train is done run
Now that train is done run and left me all alone
Cause my last old dollar is done gone

Verse and Chorus:

I	I	I	I
I	I	V	V
I	I	I	VIm
I	V	I	I

 

—Monroe Brothers

I've been travelin' for Jesus so much of my time
I've traveled on land and on sea
But I'm counting on taking a trip to the sky
That'll be the last moving for me

I've seen wonderful sights since I've traveled afar
How little they all will seem
When I move to the sky, that city of gold,
And behold what a vision could dream

Chorus:
When I move to the sky up in heaven so high
What a wonderful trip that will be
I'm ready to go washed in Calvary's white snow
That'll be the last moving for me

The province a home while I meet over there (?)
And the visions have guided me right
I will meet the Apostles and Jesus my Lord
I believe I will know them at sight

Here I'm bothered with packing each time that I move
And carry a load in each hand,
But I'll not need one thing that I've used in this world
When I move to that heavenly land.

Everything that I need will be furnished up there
Not even my songbook I'll bring
Or the precious old Bible that showed me the way
I'll not need when I stand by my King.

3/4
Verse & Chorus:

I	IV-I	I	V
I	IV-I	I-V	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Chorus:
Way down in the state of Florida Florida,
Where the old Swannee River flows
Where my sunshine is waiting for me (for me)
Way down where the orange tree grows

In my mind I can see the palm trees waiving
While the moon is shinin' so bright
I know she loved me, and her heart was breaking,
The night we said goodbye

I wanna go back to see my darling
And I wonder if she's still free
To me she's dear and sweet as honey,
And will she be waiting for me?

Tag:
Way down where the orange tree grows

3/4
Chorus

I	I	I	IV
IV	IV	I	I
I	I	I	IV
I	V	I	I

Verse

I	I	I	I
IV	IV	I	I
I	I	I	IV
I	V	I	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Our love first started from childhood days
And parting brought me pain
I'd live for you and no other one
Sin would not have been to blame

Chorus:
I know I'm on my dying bed
I beg you to kneel down and pray
With love from you and the help of God
May save my soul today

If I die this way my soul will be lost
I hear old Satan calling me
It sound so different from God I know
Oh, Lord, please set me free

My friends were here and prayed for me
The lights are fading low
My heart feels light and my sould is not doomed
Dear God, I'm ready to go

Verse

I	I	I	V
I	I	I-V	I

Chorus

IV	I	I	V
I	I	I-V	I

 

—Bill Monroe, with John Hartford
A:
The fiddle's a playin' the Music Valley Waltz
The banjos are playin' it too
True lovers are dancin' the Music Valley Waltz
Sweetheart may I have a dance with you

B:
Soon you'll believe and I will remain
with a memory of love I have lost
It's a wonderful band, won't you give me your hand
For a dance to the Music Valley Waltz

3/4
A:

I	VII	IV	I
I	I	V	V
I	VII	IV	I
I	V	I	I7

B:

IV	IV	I	I
I	I	V	V
I	VII	IV	I
I	V	I	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Well I left my old home way back in the mountains
For mother and father had both passed away
We followed our mother up to the graveyard
For mother was called to heaven that day

Chorus:
Mothers not dead, she's only a sleeping
Just patiently waiting for Jesus to come
The birds will be singing while Mother is sleeping
They will sing o'er as the grave sinks away

Oh how we miss her around the old home place
Everything seems so lonesome since she went away
Mother is sleeping way back the mountains
Yes mother is sleeping way back in the hills

3/4
Verse and Chorus:

I	V	V	I
I	V	V	I

 

—Bill Monroe

Chorus:
Memories of you, sweetheart, still haunt me so
Everytime I hear your name I almost cry
But, there's just one thing that I want you to know
I'll love you till the day I die

Oh, we let other people tear us apart
And for no good cause you see
But, I hope and pray you'll be mine someday
We'll live and love each other, you and me

So if you go, don't say goodbye
For you know just what you will cause
Don't leave me here to face this lonesome world
For without you I'm the one that is lost

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Chorus and Verse:

I	I	I	V
I	I	I-V	I