David Archuleta - Smoky mountain memories

^FYou ought to go n^Dm7orth somebody told us Cause the ^Fair is filled with g^Fold dust And ^Dm7fortune falls like s^Fnow flakes in your h^Fands Now I d^Dm7on't recall who said it But we'd ^Flived so long on c^Emredit And so we ^Fheaded out to ^Gfind our promised l^Fand

Just poor S^Dm7moky Mountains farm folk With no^Fthing more than h^Figh hopes So we hi^Dm7tched our station w^Fagon to a s^Ftar But our ^Dm7dreams are failing on us Cause there ^Fwas no land of pr^Emomise Though it's a s^Ftruggle just k^Geepin' sight of who ^Fyou are

Oh and these n^Dm7orthern nights are d^Emreary And my ^Fsouthern heart is ^Emweary As I wo^Fnder how the o^Dmld folks are back h^Cmaj7ome But I k^Dm7now that they all l^Emove me And they're^F all thinking of ^Em7me ^F Smoky Mountains m^Dm7emories keep me str^Fong

You know I've bee^Dm7n thinkin' a whole lot lately About what's ^Fbeen and what a^Fwaits me It takes ^Dm7all I've got to giv^Fe what life dem^Fands You go in^Dm7sane if you give in to it Life's a ^Fmill and I've been t^Emhrough it I'm just t^Fhankful I'm crea^Gtive with my h^Fands

Oh and these n^Dm7orthern nights they're^Em dreary And my ^Fsouthern eyes are ^Emteary As I wo^Fnder how the o^Dmld folks are back h^Cmaj7ome But I'll keep ^Dm7leanin' on my J^Emesus He'll lo^Fve and guide and ^Emlead us ^F Smoky Mountains m^Dm7emories keep me str^Fong

If I'll keep l^Dm7ooking to the f^Emather Keep^F our heads abov^Eme the water ^F While the Smoky M^Dm7ountains memories^G keep me str^Fong