Smokey Mountain Memories

Mel Street

Written by Earl T. Conley and Dick Heard

Key of C · Chords: I IV V ii vi

Verse 1

C                                        Am
Smokey Mountain memories bout my home in Tennessee
F                                     G7
Yesterday keeps calling me calling me ho-me
C                                                       Am
Mountains rising in my soul higher than the dreams I've known
F                                G7              C
Empty eyes they cling to me like Smokey Mountain mem-o-ries

Verse 2

An old gray man with a dog asleep at his feet
        Dm                      Am
Plays a worn out fiddle full of melodies
   C                                         Am
He smiles with his eyes but the lines on his face
Dm                           G7 C
Told me as much as the tunes he played

Verse 1

C                                        Am
Smokey Mountain memories bout my home in Tennessee
F                                     G7
Yesterday keeps calling me calling me ho-me
C                                                       Am
Mountains rising in my soul higher than the dreams I've known
F                                G7              C
Empty eyes they cling to me like Smokey Mountain mem-o-ries

Verse 3

                                          Am
Smokey mountain memories pretty girl's in Tennessee
F                                         G7
I was such a fool to leave  leave her all alo-ne
C                                                   Am
Think about her in my dreams I wonder if she thinks of me
F                                G7                 C
I always hold her close to me in my Smokey Mountain mem-o-ries

Verse 4

                                                     Am
So mister play your fiddle please play some mountain memories
F                                        G7
I've been down a lonely road So far from ho-me
C                                                         Am
Nothing left to hold onto I made some plans but they fell through
F                               G7                     C
Now there's nothing left for me but my Smokey Mountain mem-o-ries

Verse 1

C                                        Am
Smokey Mountain memories bout my home in Tennessee
F                                     G7
Yesterday keeps calling me calling me ho-me
C                                                       Am
Mountains rising in my soul higher than the dreams I've known
F                                G7              C
Empty eyes they cling to me like Smokey Mountain mem-o-ries