Intro: Am G C G Am x2 Chorus: Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove I say Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go away Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove my friend Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am But Iʼm leavinʼ in the end Am G C G Am x2 Verse: Am G Went to see my Shady Grove C G Am Her eyes the deepest brown Am G Went to see my Shady Grove C G Am Sheʼs the prettiest girl in town Am G Went to see my Shady Grove C G Am Her eyes the deepest brown Am G Went to see my Shady Grove C G Am Sheʼs the prettiest girl in town Chorus: Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove I say Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go away Am G C G Am x2 Verse: Am G I wish I had a banjo string C G Am Made of golden twine Am G And I sing day by day C G Am I wish that girl were mine Am G I wish I had me a banjo string C G Am Made of golden twine Am G And I sing day by day C G Am I wish that girl were mine Chorus: Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove I says Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go out West Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove my friend Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am And Iʼm leavinʼ in the end Am G C G Am x4 Verse: Am G I wish I had me a big strong horse C G Am And grain to feed him on Am G And Iʼd be gone from Shady Grove C G Am Ramblinʼ on and on Am G C I wish I had me a big strong horse G Am And grain to feed him on Am G And Iʼd be gone from Shady Grove C G Am Playing the same shitty songs Am G C G Am x2 Verse: Am G When I was a boy, I wanted C G Am I wanted a Buckley knife Am G Now all I want is Shady Grove C G Am To say sheʼll be my wife Am G When I was a boy C G Am I wanted a Buckley knife Am G Well now I will always have one C G Am Firmly strapped to my side Chorus: Am G C ʼCause Shady Grove is my little love; G Am Shady Grove I say Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go away Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove I says Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go out West Am G C G Am x4 Verse: Am G Cherries in the Summer time C G Am And apples in the Fall Am G If I canʼt have me my Shady Grove C G Am I donʼt have no love at all Am G Cherries in the Summer time C G Am Apples in the Fall Am G If I canʼt have me the girl I love C G Am I donʼt have no love at all Chorus: Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove I say Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am Iʼm bound to go away Am G Shady Grove is my little love; C G Am Shady Grove my friend Am G Shady Grove is my little love C G Am And Iʼm leavinʼ in the end Am G C G Am x3