Foggy Mountain Top
Foggy Mountain Top
Carter Family
Flatt & Scruggs
Chords you’ll need to know
C
D
G
Chord Chart
Lyrics
If I’d only listened to what my mama said
I would not be here today
A lying around this old jailhouse
Wasting my poor life away
If I was on some foggy mountain top
I’d sail away to the West
I’d sail all around this whole wide would
To the girl I love the best
Oh she caused me to weep and she caused me to mourn
She caused me to leave my home
Oh the lonesome pines and the good old times
I’m on my way back home
Now if you see that girl of mine
There’s something you can tell her
She need not fool her time away
To court some other fellerDemo Videos
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About This Song
Foggy Mountain Top is One of the first families of country music. Their songs form the bedrock of American roots music.. It's typically played in G. With just 3 chords, it's one of the more accessible tunes in the bluegrass repertoire.
This song uses a single repeating chord progression throughout—learn it once and you've got the whole tune.