Intro C My sweetheart has gone and left me F C And my little sisters, too F C And I'm left alone in sadness G C Lord, I don't know what to do C All this world has turned against me F C Nothing but trouble do I see F C There will be no more pleasure G C In this whole wide world for me Instrumental break Oh, I am just from East Virginia With a heart so brave and true And I learned to love a maiden With eyes of heavenly blue That same day I packed my suitcase And I started to go away But she met me at the station Saying, darling, won't you stay Instrumental break Oh, I am dying, Captain, dying Won't you take these words for me Take them over to the jailhouse Let this whole wide world go free