Dolly Parton - Smoky mountain memories

^CYou ought to go north ^Am7somebody told us Cause the ^Fair is filled with g^Cold dust And ^Am7fortune falls like s^Fnow flakes in your h^Cands Now I d^Am7on't recall who said it But we'd ^Flived so long on c^Emredit And so we ^Fheaded out to ^Gfind our promised l^Cand

Just poor S^Am7moky Mountains farm folk With no^Fthing more than h^Cigh hopes So we hi^Am7tched our station w^Fagon to a s^Ctar But our ^Am7dreams are failing on us Cause there ^Fwas no land of pr^Emomise Though it's a s^Ftruggle just k^Geepin' sight of who ^Cyou are

Oh and these n^Am7orthern 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^Am7now that they all l^Emove me And they're^F all thinking of ^Em7me ^F Smoky Mountains m^Dm7emories keep me str^Cong

You know I've bee^Am7n thinkin' a whole lot lately About what's ^Fbeen and what a^Cwaits me It takes ^Am7all I've got to giv^Fe what life dem^Cands You go in^Am7sane 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^Cands

Oh and these n^Am7orthern 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 ^Am7leanin' on my J^Emesus He'll lo^Fve and guide and ^Emlead us ^F Smoky Mountains m^Dm7emories keep me str^Cong

If I'll keep l^Am7ooking to the f^Emather Keep^F our heads abov^Eme the water ^F While the Smoky M^Dm7ountains memories^G keep me str^Cong