Kentucky Hills

Kentucky Hills

Key: D Major
Tuning: Standard
Capo: None
Feel: Slow 6/8
Suggested Chords: D, G, A, Bm7, Em7

Intro
| C | F | C | G |
| Am7 | F | C G | C |

Verse 1
COne Night The Moon Was Shining
On These Old Kentucky HilFls
CWay Down In The Country
Among The Rocks And Among The Rills   G​
Am7I Had An Urge To Travel
And I’ve Always Longed To Roam F​
CBut That Night I Left These Bluegrass Hills
And My Old GCountry Home    C​

Chorus
FKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight C​
FKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighCt
Am7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    F​
CI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivGe And Die     C​

Instrumental
| C | F | C | G |
| Am7 | F | C G | C |

Verse 2
CI’ll Never Forget The Night I Left
The Moon Was Shining High     F​
CAnd Mother, Through Her Tear-Filled Eyes
She Smiled As She Cried  G​
Am7She Said, “Oh Hon, Don’t Leave Me
We All Love You, You Know”    F​
CBut I Had That Urge To Travel
And That Night GI Had To Go     C​

Verse 3
CFor Years And Years I’ve Traveled
I’ll Never Settle Down    F​
CI’ve Been In Big Cities
And Been In Small Country Towns   G​
Am7In My Heart There Is A Longing
And Someday I’ll Go Back      F​
CTo Where That Bluegrass Is Waving
Around That CouGntry Shack        C​

Bridge
Pull The Strumming Back Here. One Soft Strum Or Light Fingerpicking Would Work Well.

Am7Now The Years Have Passed Like Rivers
FAnd I Feel Their Current StrongC​
Am7When The Tetons Catch The Morning
FI Can Almost Hear Your Song      G​
Am7I Don’t Know What Waits Beyond Them
FOr Where Every Journey Ends    C​
Dm7But The Road That Carried Me Away
FKeeps Turning HomeG Again

Final Chorus[Chorus]
Let This Chorus Build A Little More Than The First.

FKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight C​
FKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighCt
Am7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    F​
CI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivGe And Die     C​

Slow Down And Soften Again.

FYes, I Guess I’ll Go Back There
CTo Live And Die
Am7And If There’s Something Past Those Mountains
FSomething Waiting Out Of Sight
CI Hope The Road That Leads Me Home
GBrings Me Back To You One CNight

Outro
| Dm7 | Am7 | F | C |
| F   | C   | G | C |

Let The Final D Ring.