Clementine

 C         
 In a cavern, in a canyon, 
                  G7 
 excavating for a mine; 
         F            C    
 dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 
         G7             C   
 and his daughter Clementine.  
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
           C                 
 Light she was, and like a fairy, 
                           G7  
 And her shoes were number nine, 
         F             C            
 Herring boxes without topses, 
         G7             C          
 Sandals were for Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
         C          
 Walking lightly as a fairy, 
                              G7   
 Though her shoes were number nine, 
           F                 C           
 Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping, 
        G7             C    
 Lovely girl, my Clementine 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
           C
 Drove she ducklings to the water 
                       G7       
 Ev'ry morning just at nine, 
         F              C    
 Hit her foot against a splinter, 
        G7             C           
 Fell into the foaming brine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
      C   
 Ruby lips above the water, 
                          G7 
 Blowing bubbles soft and fine, 
      F             C   
 But alas, I was no swimmer, 
         G7           C   
 Neither was my Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
      C         
 In a churchyard near the canyon, 
                          G7   
 Where the myrtle doth entwine, 
            F               C   
 There grow rosies and some posies, 
      G7             C          
 Fertilized by Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
           C          
 Then, the miner, forty-niner, 
                        G7 
 Soon began to fret and pine, 
            F                C      
 Thought he oughter join his daughter, 
 
         G7             F  
 So he's now with Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
        C                     
 I'm so lonely, lost without her, 
                        G7 
 Wish I'd had a fishing line, 
         F                C     
 Which I might have cast about her, 
            G7             C    
 Might have saved my Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
 
       C                     
 In my dreams she still doth haunt me, 
                               G7     
 Robed in garments soaked with brine, 
          F              C  
 Then she rises from the waters, 
       G7            C           
 And I kiss my Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.  
 
        C                   
 Listen fellers, heed the warning 
                        G7 
 Of this tragic tale of mine, 
     F           C      
 Artificial respiration 
            G7             C  
 Could have saved my Clementine. 
 
       C                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                     G7 
 oh my darling Clementine 
 
         F                C           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
          G7           C  
 dreadful sorry, Clementine.   
       C            
 How I missed her, how I missed her, 
                       G7     
 How I missed my Clementine, 
       F                 C  
 Til I kissed her little sister, 
 
        G7           C        
 And forgot my Clementine. 
 
 
 alternate
 
  F         
 In a cavern, in a canyon, 
              C7 
 Excavating for a mine, 
                  F   
 Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, 
     C7             F   
 And his daughter Clementine.  
 
   F                 
 Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                 C7 
 Oh my darling Clementine 
                      F           
 You are lost and gone forever, 
      C7           F  
 Dreadful sorry, Clementine.