C (x32010@1)                   Am7You (x02010@1)ought to go north somebody told us
          F (133211@1)                 CCause (x32010@1)the air is filled with gold dust
    Am7 (x02010@1)               F (133211@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
       Am7Now (x02010@1)I don't recall who said it
         F (133211@1)               Em (022000@1)
But we'd lived so long on credit
          F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)so we headed out to find our promised land

           Am7 (x02010@1)Just poor Smoky Mountains farm folk
       F (133211@1)              CWith (x32010@1)nothing more than high hopes
        Am7 (x02010@1)              F (133211@1)        CSo (x32010@1)we hitched our station wagon to a star
        Am7But (x02010@1)our dreams are failing on us
            F (133211@1)              EmCause (022000@1)there was no land of promise
               F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)                 CThough (x32010@1)it's a struggle just keepin' sight of who you are

              Am7 (x02010@1)               EmOh (022000@1)and these northern nights are dreary
       F (133211@1)               EmAnd (022000@1)my southern heart is weary
       F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)               Cmaj7As (x32000@1)I wonder how the old folks are back home
       Am7 (x02010@1)              EmBut (022000@1)I know that they all love me
           F (133211@1)              Em7
And they're all thinking of me
F (133211@1)                 Dm7                C (x32010@1)  Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

                 Am7You (x02010@1)know I've been thinkin' a whole lot lately
             F (133211@1)            CAbout (x32010@1)what's been and what awaits me
         Am7 (x02010@1)              F (133211@1)            CIt (x32010@1)takes all I've got to give what life demands
         Am7You (x02010@1)go insane if you give in to it
         F (133211@1)                 EmLife's (022000@1)a mill and I've been through it
          F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)           CI'm (x32010@1)just thankful I'm creative with my hands


              Am7 (x02010@1)                 EmOh (022000@1)and these northern nights they're dreary
       F (133211@1)               EmAnd (022000@1)my southern eyes are teary
       F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)               Cmaj7As (x32000@1)I wonder how the old folks are back home
              Am7 (x02010@1)          EmBut (022000@1)I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus
        F (133211@1)              EmHe'll (022000@1)love and guide and lead us
F (133211@1)                 Dm7                C (x32010@1)  Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong

              Am7 (x02010@1)          EmIf (022000@1)I'll keep looking to the father
    F (133211@1)            Em (022000@1)        FKeep (133211@1)our heads above the water
                 Dm7              G (320003@1)         CWhile (x32010@1)the Smoky Mountains memories keep me strong