In The Pines

Jimmie Davis and Clayton McMichen

(aka “Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / “Black Girl”)

Open D: capo 2 fret = E

Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!

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[D]Little girl, little [D7]girl,

what [G]have I [F]done

That’s [A]made you [A7]treat me [D]so?

[D]You caused me to [D7]weep,

you [G]caused me to [F]moan

You [A]caused me to [A7]leave my [D]home.

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Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!

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Instrumental Break

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[D] The longest [D7] train I [G] ever [F] saw

Went [A] down that [A7] Georgia [D] line

The engine [D7] passed at [G] six o'[F] clock

And the [A] cab went by [A7] by at [D] nine.

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Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!

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[D]Little girl, little girl, don’t [D7]tell me no lies

Where [G]did you spend last [F]night?

I [D]stayed in the pine where the [D7]sun never shines

and you [A]shiver when the [A7]cold wind [D]blows

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Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!

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[D]My girl, my girl, where [D7]will you go

I’m [G]going where the cold wind [F]blows

[D]In the pines, in the [D7]pines

Where the [G]sun never [F]shines,

I [A]would shiver the [A7]whole night [D]through

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Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!

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[D]Her husband, was a [D7]hard working man

Just about a [G]mile from [F]here

[A]His head was found in a [A7]driving wheel

But his body never was [D]found

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Chorus:

[D] In the pines, in the [D7] pines

Where the [G] sun never [F] shines

And you [A]shiver when the [A7] cold wind [D] blows;

[D] Whooee-whoo-[D7] hoo; [G] whoo-hoo-[F] hoo

Whoee-[A]whoo-whoo[A7]  hoo-[D] hoo!