Carter Family - A Distant Land To Roam Chord Chart

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A DISTANT LAND TO ROAM
4/4 time, key of C
Carter Family
Mother
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said (mother said) My dear boy (my dear boy)
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hope to see you next year a- gain
Fare thee
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well (fare thee well) fare thee well
(fare thee well)
So I
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left my dear old home
For a distant land to roam
I re-
Verse 1:
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-member very well
on one dark ‘n dreary day
just as
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I was leaving home
for a
distant land to roam
Chorus
Verse 2:
The last words Mother said to me
As she took me by the hand
If on earth we meet no more
May we meet at God's right hand
Chorus
Verse 3:
Now I wandered far away
From my home I've gone astray
Now I'm coming coming home
Never more from thee to roam
Chorus
Carl Story & Rambling Mountaineers – in C

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