Standard Tuning: EADGBe

Intro: E5 B5 C5 D5 G5


Verse:

D5                              C5   G5
Been up and down this lonesome highway 
D5                       G5
coast to coast and back again 
D5                        C5 G5
I just had to do things my way 
A5                    D5
had to go against the wind 

Chorus:
E5                              B5
Cause I?ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind 
         C5                              G5
Lord she had the truest heart I?ve ever known 
E5                          B5
and I?ve been looking for a world I?ll never find 
     C5               D5             G5
Ever 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