David Archuleta - Smoky mountain memories

^GYou ought to go n^Em7orth somebody told us Cause the ^Cair is filled with g^Gold dust And ^Em7fortune falls like s^Cnow flakes in your h^Gands Now I d^Em7on't recall who said it But we'd ^Clived so long on c^Bmredit And so we ^Cheaded out to ^Dfind our promised l^Gand

Just poor S^Em7moky Mountains farm folk With no^Cthing more than h^Gigh hopes So we hi^Em7tched our station w^Cagon to a s^Gtar But our ^Em7dreams are failing on us Cause there ^Cwas no land of pr^Bmomise Though it's a s^Ctruggle just k^Deepin' sight of who ^Gyou are

Oh and these n^Em7orthern nights are d^Bmreary And my ^Csouthern heart is ^Bmweary As I wo^Cnder how the o^Amld folks are back h^Gmaj7ome But I k^Em7now that they all l^Bmove me And they're^C all thinking of ^Bm7me ^C Smoky Mountains m^Am7emories keep me str^Gong

You know I've bee^Em7n thinkin' a whole lot lately About what's ^Cbeen and what a^Gwaits me It takes ^Em7all I've got to giv^Ce what life dem^Gands You go in^Em7sane if you give in to it Life's a ^Cmill and I've been t^Bmhrough it I'm just t^Chankful I'm crea^Dtive with my h^Gands

Oh and these n^Em7orthern nights they're^Bm dreary And my ^Csouthern eyes are ^Bmteary As I wo^Cnder how the o^Amld folks are back h^Gmaj7ome But I'll keep ^Em7leanin' on my J^Bmesus He'll lo^Cve and guide and ^Bmlead us ^C Smoky Mountains m^Am7emories keep me str^Gong

If I'll keep l^Em7ooking to the f^Bmather Keep^C our heads abov^Bme the water ^C While the Smoky M^Am7ountains memories^D keep me str^Gong