Clementine Guitar Chord

Clementine (In a cavern)

Traditional

	G
In a	cavern, in a canyon,

	D7
Excavating for a	mine,

	C	G
Dwelt a	miner, forty-	niner,

	D7	G
And his	daughter Clemen	tine.

	G
Oh my	darling, oh my darling,

	D7
Oh my darling Clemen	tine

	C	G
Thou art	lost and gone for	ever,

	D7	G
Dreadful	sorry, Clemen	tine.

	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 Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
Walking	lightly as a fairy,

	D7
Though her shoes were number	nine,

	C	G
Sometimes	tripping, lightly	skipping,

	D7	G
Lovely	girl, my Clemen	tine

Chorus

	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 in	to the foaming	brine.

Chorus

	G
Ruby	lips above the water,

	D7
Blowing bubbles soft and	fine,

	C	G
But a	las, I was no	swimmer,

	D7	G
Neither	was my Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
In a	churchyard near the canyon,

	D7
Where the myrtle doth en	twine,

	C	G
There grow	rosies and some	posies,

	D7	G
Ferti	lized by Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
Then, the	miner, forty-niner,

	D7
Soon began to fret and	pine,

	C	G
Thought he	oughter join his	daughter,

	D7	G
So he's	now with Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
I'm so	lonely, lost without her,

	D7
Wish I'd had a fishing	line,

	C	G
Which I	might have cast a	bout her,

	D7	G
Might have	saved my Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	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 Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
Listen	fellers, heed the warning

	D7
Of this tragic tale of	mine,

	C	G
Arti	ficial respi	ration

	D7	G
Could have	saved my Clemen	tine.

Chorus

	G
How I	missed her, how I missed her,

	D7
How I missed my Clemen	tine,

	C	G
'Til I	kissed her little	sister,

	D7	G
And for	got my Clemen	tine.

Chorus