Smokey Mountain Memories
Earl Thomas Conley

    chorus 1
      G                       Em
    smokey mountain memories 'bout my home in tennessee

    Am                         D
    yesterday keeps callin' me callin' me hooooome

    G
    mountains rising in my soul

    Em
    higher than the dreams i've known

    Am
    misty eyed they cling to me my

    D                     G
    smokey mountain memories

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     G
    an old gray man with a dog asleep at his feet

     Em
    plays a worn out fiddle full of melodies

    G
    he smiles with his eyes but the lines on his face

    Am                      D        G
    told me as much as the tunes he played....

    G
    i'm talkin' bout my smokey mountain memories

    Em
    pretty girl from tennessee

    Am
    i was such a fool to leave

    D
    leave her all alooooone

    G
    i think about her in my dreams

    Em
    i wonder if she thinks of me

    Am
    i'll always hold her close to me in my

    D                     G
    smokey mountain memories

    .....fiddle solo.....

    G
    so mister play your fiddle please

    Em
    play some mountain melodies

    Am
    i've been down a lonely road

    D
    so far from hooooome

    G
    nothing left to hold on to

    Em
    i made some plans but they fell through

    Am
    now there's nothing left for me but my 

    D                     G
    smokey mountain memories


     .......repeat chorus 1 and fade......