The Hills Of Roane County chords

[CHORUS]

[C]In the beautiful [Em]hills [F]in the [G]midst of Roane [C]Country
It's there that I labored my whole life [G]away [G7]
It’s there that my h[C]eart is a-[G]turnin' most [F]ever
It's there the [C]first steps of [G]misfortune I [C]made [F] [C]

[VERSE 1]

[C]I’s about thirty [Em]years w[F]hen I [G]courted and m[C]arried
Miss Armanda Gilbert to be my fair [G]wife [G7]
For some unknown r[C]eason,[F] her brother Tom [C]stabbed me
And not two months [C]later, I[G]'d taken Tom's l[C]ife [F] [C]

[VERSE 2]

[C]I's captured and t[Em]ried [F]in a [G]village of [C]Kingsport
Not a soul in that village could say a [G]kind [G7]word
When a jury come i[C]n w[G]ith [F]the verdict next m[C]ornin'
"A lifetime in [C]prison," are the [G]words that I [C]heard[F] [C]

[VERSE 3]

[C]Well my mama come [Em]down [F]to [G]see me at the [C]station
My sweet sister Donna stood there by her [G]side[G7]
They turned for to [C]go,[G] but I was chained to the [F]platform
They said, "Willie, God [C]bless you, God [G]bless you, [C]goodbye[F]" [C]

[VERSE 4]

[C]In the scorching hot [Em]sands [F]of a foundry, I'm [C]toiling
Just a-toilin' and sweatin' my poor life [G]awa[G7]y
When I die, bury [C]me [F]on the banks of old [C]Cumberland
In the beautiful green h[C]ills of [G]east T[C]ennesse[F]e [C]

[VERSE 5]

In the beautiful [Em]hills [F]in the [G]midst of Roane [C]Country
It’s there that I’ve l[C]abored my whole life [G]away[G7]
It's there that my [C]heart [G]is a-turnin’ most [F]ever
It's there the first [C]steps of [G]misfortune I [C]made [F] [C]