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.
