My darling Clementine

G

In a cavern, in a canyon,

D7

excavating for a mine;

C G

dwelt a miner, forty-niner,

D7 G

and his daughter Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Light she was, and like a fairy,

D7

And her shoes were number nine,

C G

Herring boxes without topses,

D7 G

Sandals were for Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Walking lightly as a fairy,

D7

Though her shoes were number nine,

C G

Sometimes tripping, lightly skipping,

D7 G

Lovely girl, my Clementine

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Drove she ducklings to the water

D7

Ev'ry morning just at nine,

C G

Hit her foot against a splinter,

D7 G

Fell into the foaming brine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Ruby lips above the water,

D7

Blowing bubbles soft and fine,

C G

But alas, I was no swimmer,

D7 G

Neither was my Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

In a churchyard near the canyon,

D7

Where the myrtle doth entwine,

C G

There grow rosies and some posies,

D7 G

Fertilized by Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Then, the miner, forty-niner,

D7

Soon began to fret and pine,

C G

Thought he oughter join his daughter,

D7 C

So he's now with Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

I'm so lonely, lost without her,

D7

Wish I'd had a fishing line,

C G

Which I might have cast about her,

D7 G

Might have saved my Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

In my dreams she still doth haunt me,

D7

Robed in garments soaked with brine,

C G

Then she rises from the waters,

D7 G

And I kiss my Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

Listen fellers, heed the warning

D7

Of this tragic tale of mine,

C G

Artificial respiration

D7 G

Could have saved my Clementine.

G

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

D7

oh my darling Clementine

C G

You are lost and gone forever,

D7 G

dreadful sorry, Clementine.

G

How I missed her, how I missed her,

D7

How I missed my Clementine,

C G

Til I kissed her little sister,

D7 G

And forgot my Clementine.

* alternate

C

In a cavern, in a canyon,

G7

Excavating for a mine,

C

Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,

G7 C

And his daughter Clementine.

C

Oh my darling, oh my darling,

G7

Oh my darling Clementine

C

You are lost and gone forever,

G7 C

Dreadful sorry, Clementine.