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......