D                A        G                 D
Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine
                   A             D
The coal tipples roared day and night
     D              A             G            D
But things they got slow for no reason that I know
     D              A         D
And ill winds they hove into sight


[Verse]

     D                A        G          D
The mines all closed down everybody laid around
                   A           D
There wasn't very much left to do
                      A                G               D
Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time
                   A             D
And woman I could see it killin' you


[Chorus]

         D                A    D
Now the soft new snows of December
        Bm  G           D
Lightly fall my cabin 'round 
                             G
And the last train from Poor Valley
        D    G      A     G        D
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound


[Verse]

                          A       G                 D
It's been a comin' on and on lord soon you would be gone
                      A          D
Leavin' crossed your mind every day
                 A             G                 D
Then you said to me things are bad back home you see
                 A        D
I guess I better be on my way


[Verse]

                         A         G              D
Well I should blame you now but I never could somehow
                     A               D
A miner's wife you weren't cutout to be
                    A                 G                 D
It wasn't what you thought just some dreams that you'd bought
                       A             D
When you left home and ran away with me



[Chorus]

         D                A    D
Now the soft new snows of December
        Bm  G           D
Lightly fall my cabin 'round 
                             G
And the last train from Poor Valley
        D    G      A     G        D
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound


[Outro]

                             G
And the last train from Poor Valley
        D    G      A     G        D
Takin' brown haired Becky Richmond bound