Standard Folk
Clementine

Song :
C
      C 
In a cavern, in a canyon, 
                G7
excavating for a mine
          F           C  
Dwelt a miner, forty- niner, 
        G7             C
and his daughter Clementine.

Chorus in C :
      C     
Oh my darling, oh my darling, 
                      G7
oh my darling Clementine
         F                 C  
You are lost and gone for ever, 
            G7            C
dreadful sorry, Clementine.

Modulation 

C#      
Light she was and like a fairy 
                           G#7 
and her shoes were number nine. 
           F#              C#
Herring boxes without topses,
         G#7             C#
sandals were for Clementine.

Chorus in C#
Modulation 

D       
Drove she ducklings to the water 
                       A7
every morning just at nine 
            G            D
Hit her foot against a splinter,
      A7              D
fell in to the foaming brine.

Chorus in D
Modulation 

Eb      
Ruby lips above the water, 
                       Bb7
blowing bubbles soft and fine,
           Ab                 Eb  
As for me, I was no swimmer, 
     Bb7            Eb
so I lost my Clementine.

Chorus in Eb
Modulation 

E     
In a churchyard near the canyon 
                         B7 
where the myrtle doth en twine 
              A                 E
There grow roses and other posies,
       B7             E
fertilized by Clementine.

Chorus in E
Modulation 

      
F      
Now ye Boy Scouts, heed the warning 
                    C7      
to this tragic tale of mine, 
     Bb        F
Artificial respiration
              C7              F
would have saved my Clementine.

Chorus in F
Modulation 

F#     
How I missed her, how I missed her,
                          C#7
how I missed my Clementine,
         B                 F#
'Til I kissed her little sister
       C#7          F#
and forgot my Clementine.

Chorus in F#