G5

E5                                 C5
I thumbed my way from L.A. back to Knoxville
       G5                                        D5
I found out those bright lights ain't where I belong
       E5                                  C5
from a phone booth in the rain I called to tell her
A5                                     D5
I've had a change of dreams I'm comin' home
          C5                                       D5    ( C5 , D5 , G5 )
but tears filled my eyes when I found out she was gone
         
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G5                            B5
Smoky Mountain Rain keeps on fallin'
          C5           D5    ( C5 , D5 , G5 )
I keep on callin' her name
G5                               B5
Smoky Mountain Rain I'll kep on searchin'
              C5            D5
I can't go on hurtin' this way
      C5                D5              G5
she's somewhere in the smoky mountain rain


verse 2:


E5                              C5
I waved a diesel down outside a cafe
        G5                      D5
he said he was goin' as far as Gatlinburg
         E5                         C5
I climbed up in the cab all wet and lonely
A5                                 D5
I wiped my eyes and told him about her
           C5                                       D5    ( C5 , D5 , G5 )
I've got to find her can you make these big wheels burn

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         C5
BRIDGE:  I can't blame her for lettin' go
G5
a woman needs someone warm to hold
F5
I feel the rain runnin' down my face
Bb5                  D5              ( C5 , D5 , G5 )
I'll find her no matter what it takes

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