G              D           C                 G
Ridin’ on this city bus my thoughts begin to wonder.
           G              D                C         D         G
Though I’m starin’ out at grey concrete,my mind sees mountains yonder.
G                D                  C             G
Even though that diesel smoke burns hot within my nose,
     G            D                    C        D      G
I am smelling evergreen pine trees and mountain laurel groves.

[Chorus]
            G                              D
‘Where that crystal mountain water tumbles down the green hillsides
      C                               G                D
In my home in West Virginia where the people live with pride.
         G                              D
Though I only see those mountains in my memories today,
    C                             G             D                   G
I’m leavin’ this ol’ city and I’m goin’ home to stay. Goin’ home to stay.

   G               D             C                  G
Outside this dirty window, I can see folks push and shove,
      G             D                     C      D     G
And I don’t see any sign of what’s called simple human love.
      G            D             C                G
Their faces are as somber as the cold skyscrapers there,
          G               D                 C       D       G
And those people like the buildings show no outward sign of care.

G                D                  C             G
Now it’s time to leave this bus and start another day
      G               D              C     D       G
At my job here in the city, but down in my heart I pray
        G                    D                  C               G
That my trips back home will soon not just take place within my mind,
         G              D                    C         D       G
But that I will soon be walking though those mountains and the pines.