Smokey Mountain Memories Chords

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Smokey Mountain Memories by Earl Thomas Conley is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			    chorus 1 
      G                       Em 
    smokey mountain memories 'bout my home in tennessee 
 
    Am                         D 
    yesterday keeps callin' me callin' me hooooome 
 
    G 
    mountains rising in my soul 
 
    Em 
    higher than the dreams i've known 
 
    Am 
    misty eyed they cling to me my 
 
    D                     G 
    smokey mountain memories 
 
     ...................... 
     G 
    an old gray man with a dog asleep at his feet 
 
     Em 
    plays a worn out fiddle full of melodies 
 
    G 
    he smiles with his eyes but the lines on his face 
 
    Am                      D        G 
    told me as much as the tunes he played.... 
 
    G 
    i'm talkin' bout my smokey mountain memories 
 
    Em 
    pretty girl from tennessee 
 
    Am 
    i was such a fool to leave 
 
    D 
    leave her all alooooone 
 
    G 
    i think about her in my dreams 
 
    Em 
    i wonder if she thinks of me 
 
    Am 
    i'll always hold her close to me in my 
 
    D                     G 
    smokey mountain memories 
 
    .....fiddle solo..... 
 
    G 
    so mister play your fiddle please 
 
    Em 
    play some mountain melodies 
 
    Am 
    i've been down a lonely road 
 
    D 
    so far from hooooome 
 
    G 
    nothing left to hold on to 
 
    Em 
    i made some plans but they fell through 
 
    Am 
    now there's nothing left for me but my  
 
    D                     G 
    smokey mountain memories 
 
 
     .......repeat chorus 1 and fade...... 
 
 

    	

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