Tears In The Holston River

Capo 2 Intro: G C G C D G G C G C G On October Twenty-Third, Nineteen Seventy-Eight C G D I lost a loved one and I confess I cried G C G C In the joyous cele-bration of the lady and her music G C G There were tears in the Holston River D G G7 When Maybelle Carter died C Then walking down that river road G I saw crystal tear-shaped droplets D Silver beads of love sparklin' on the river side G And I'll just bet they turn to diamonds C For the love that was behind 'em G C G There were tears in the Holston River D G When Mother Maybelle died G C G C Then on Janu-ary Eighth, Nineteen-Seventy-Nine C G We lost Sara Carter D And the pain was multi-plied G C G Down be-low that old Clinch Mountain C We laid her at Mount Vernon G C G There were tears in the Holston River D G G7 When Sara Carter died C Then walking down that river road G I saw crystal tear-shaped droplets D Silver beads of love sparklin' on the river-side G And I'll just bet they turn to diamonds C For the love that was behind 'em G C G There were tears in the Holston River D G When Maybelle & Sara died G C G There were tears in the Holston River C G D G When Mother Maybelle and Sara Carter died