G (320003@1)              Em7
    You ought to go north somebody told us
              C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)    Cause the air is filled with gold dust
        Em7                 C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)    And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
           Em7 
    Now I don't recall who said it
             C (x32010@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    But we'd lived so long on credit
              C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)    And so we headed out to find our promised land
    
               Em7 
    Just poor Smoky Mountains farm folk
           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)    With nothing more than high hopes
            Em7                C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)    So we hitched our station wagon to a star
            Em7 
    But our dreams are failing on us
                C (x32010@1)              Bm (x24432@1)    Cause there was no land of promise
                   C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)    Though it's a struggle just keepin' sight of who you are
    
                  Em7                 Bm (x24432@1)    Oh and these northern nights are dreary
           C (x32010@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    And my southern heart is weary
           C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)               Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)    As I wonder how the old folks are back home
           Em7                Bm (x24432@1)    But I know that they all love me
               C (x32010@1)              Bm7 (x20202@1)    And they're all thinking of me
    C (x32010@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)              G (320003@1)       Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong
    
                     Em7 
    You know I've been thinkin' a whole lot lately
                 C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    About what's been and what awaits me
             Em7                C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)    It takes all I've got to give what life demands
             Em7 
    You go insane if you give in to it
             C (x32010@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)    Life's a mill and I've been through it
              C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)    I'm just thankful I'm creative with my hands
    
    
                  Em7                   Bm (x24432@1)    Oh and these northern nights they're dreary
           C (x32010@1)               Bm (x24432@1)    And my southern eyes are teary
           C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)               Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)    As I wonder how the old folks are back home
                  Em7            Bm (x24432@1)    But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus
            C (x32010@1)              Bm (x24432@1)    He'll love and guide and lead us
    C (x32010@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)              G (320003@1)       Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong
    
                  Em7            Bm (x24432@1)    If I'll keep looking to the father
        C (x32010@1)            Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)    Keep our heads above the water
                     Am7 (x02010@1)            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)    While the Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong