G                        C        G
He walked the road with his back all bent
 G              D   G
Ever since the accident
 G              C       G
Leanin' on his walking cane
G                D        G
He kept walkin' just the same


[Chorus]
 G                       C      G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
 G                    D
No one now keeps the ford
          G            C       G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
 G            D       G
Off into the setting sun


[Verse 2]
 G                         C      G
He was there through the darkest night
 G                       D        G
The gypsy moth and the chestnut blight
      G                    C     G
The market crash and the teapot dome
         G             D         G
He was there when the boys came home


[Chorus]
 G                       C      G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
 G                    D
No one now keeps the ford
          G            C       G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
 G            D       G
Off into the setting sun


[Verse 3]
 G                 C     G
He was there when Uncle Sam
 G              D          G
Took away the neighbors' land
    G               C    G
To make that Shenandoah Park
 G                           D         G
The woods got thick and the woods got dark


[Bridge]
  C    G       D            G
Start walkin' back towards town
   C           G           D
Retrace your steps as you go
  C    G       D          G
Keep walkin', watch the ground
       C         G       D
It's there somewhere I know


[Verse 4]
 G                   C      G
Deaver's gone, Mrs. Deaver too
 G              D      G
Finer folk you never knew
       G                 C       G
With smiles for all you passers-by
    G                  D        G
And in the churchyard now they lie


[Instrumental]
C  G  D  G
C  G  D
C  G  D  G
C  G  D


[Verse 5]
     G                  C          G
So, when you fish that March Brown Hatch
 G                    D         G
Won't you share your morning's catch
       G                     C        G
With those whose ground you walked across
 G               D       G
May their memory be not lost


[Chorus]
 G                       C      G
Deaver's gone from the crossin'
 G                    D
No one now keeps the ford
          G            C       G
From the banks of Jeremiah's run
 G            D       G
Off into the setting sun