Back To Old Smoky Mountain

Written by Hugh Cross

Key of G · Chords: I II III IV V VI vi

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Verse 1

G                      D7
There's a place I love so
G
I want the world to know
D7                             Em
I'm always dreaming I'm always scheming
A7                           D7
For the place that I want to go

Verse 2

G           C     G
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
C                            G
Back to that old hometown of mine
D7                     G       E7
The birds in the trees and the honeybees
A7                       D7
Cling to the honeysuckle vine

Verse 3

G                     C      G
There's a little girl that's waiting
C                              B7
Praying each night and day for me
E7                A7
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
D7                 G
Back to my home in Tennessee

Verse 4

D7
Ever since I left my home
G
Out in the world too roam
D7                          E7
I've been so lonesome oh so lonesome
A7              D7
For my mountain home

Verse 2

G           C     G
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
C                            G
Back to that old hometown of mine
D7                     G       E7
The birds in the trees and the honeybees
A7                       D7
Cling to the honeysuckle vine

Verse 3

G                     C      G
There's a little girl that's waiting
C                              B7
Praying each night and day for me
E7                A7
Back to Old Smoky Mountain
D7                 G
Back to my home in Tennessee
Recorded by: Gene Autry (2006)

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