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Flatt & Scruggs - Blue Ridge Cabin Home Chords

Chord reference G, C, D7
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]There’s a well beaten path in the [C]old mountainside Where I [D7]wandered when I was a [G]lad And I wandered alone to the [C]place I call home In those [D7]Blue Ridge hills far [G]away

Oh I [G]love those hills of old Vir[C]ginia From those [D7]Blue Ridge hills I did [G]roam When I die won’t you bury me on the [C]mountain Far a[D7]way near my Blue Ridge mountain [G]home

[G]Now my thoughts wander back to that [C]ramshackle shack In those [D7]Blue Ridge hills far [G]away Where my mother and dad were [C]laid there to rest They are [D7]sleeping in peace together [G]there

Oh I [G]love those hills of old Vir[C]ginia From those [D7]Blue Ridge hills I did [G]roam When I die won’t you bury me on the [C]mountain Far a[D7]way near my Blue Ridge mountain [G]home

[G]There’s a well beaten path in the [C]old mountainside Where I [D7]wandered when I was a [G]lad And I wandered alone to the [C]place I call home In those [D7]Blue Ridge hills far [G]away

I return to that old cabin [C]home with a sigh I’ve been [D7]longing for days gone [G]by When I die won’t you bury me on that [C]old mountain side Make my [D7]resting place upon the hills so [G]high

Oh I [G]love those hills of old Vir[C]ginia From those [D7]Blue Ridge hills I did [G]roam When I die won’t you bury me on the [C]mountain Far a[D7]way near my Blue Ridge mountain [G]home

Oh I [G]love those hills of old Vir[C]ginia From those [D7]Blue Ridge hills I did [G]roam When I die won’t you bury me on the [C]mountain Far a[D7]way near my Blue Ridge mountain [G]home

Album Foggy Mountain Jamboree
Genres Country
Year 1957
Key G

How to Play Blue Ridge Cabin Home on Guitar?

Flatt & Scruggs - Blue Ridge Cabin Home can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D7 chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For D7, To play D7, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let A, D ring open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Blue Ridge Cabin Home with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.