Key: A major•
Verse 1
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To a room in New Orleans
Ridge Mountain home
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The men I meet ain't
warm and friendly
Like the one in old Virginia
They ain't real like my Blue
Ridge Mountain boys
I was just a little past eighteen
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when I came to New Orleans.
I'd never been beyond my
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home to stay alive.
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There was a boy who loved me dearly,
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but I broke his heart severely
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when I left my Blue Ridge Mountain
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boy.
waiting for you
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And it's easy to go wrong
The man ain't kind
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Like my blue ridge mountain boy
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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New Orleans held things in store
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Things I'd nev er bargained for
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Every night a different man
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Oh, but late at night when all is still
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How can you wait for me as I cry
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For my blue ridge mountain boy
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Oh, but I can't ever go back home
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Since the boy I love is gone
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He grew tired of waiting
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for me to return home
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They say he married last October
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But I never will get over
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Ridge Mountain boy
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Oh, the sweet love of my Blue
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Ridge Mountain boy.
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