Standard Tuning: EADGBe

Intro: Em B7 C D G

Verse:

D (xx0232@1)                            C (x32010@1) GBeen (320003@1)up and down this lonesome highway 
D (xx0232@1)                     Gcoast (320003@1)to coast and back again 
D (xx0232@1)                      CG
I just had to do things my way 
Am (x02210@1)                  Dhad (xx0232@1)to go against the wind

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)                            B7Cause (x21202@1)I've been dreaming of the girl I left behind 
         C (x32010@1)                            GLord (320003@1)she had the truest heart I've ever known 
Em (022000@1)                        B7and (x21202@1)I've been looking for a world I'll never find 
     C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)           GEver (320003@1)since I left my East Kentucky Home

Remaining verses/choruses are the same as above..

I can smell the wood smoke risin' 
feel the wind out in the pines 
see the way I left her cryin' 
every time I close my eyes

Cause I've been dreaming of the girl I left behind 
Lord she had the truest heart I've ever known 
And I've been looking for a world I'll never find 
Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home

Think I'll get up with the sunrise, 
think I'll pack my things and go 
it's taken me this long to realize 
the only thing I need to know

Cause I've been dreaming of the girl I left behind 
Lord she had the truest heart I've ever known 
And I've been looking for a world I'll never find 
Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home 
Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home