Kentucky Hills

Kentucky Hills

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

Intro
| G | C | G | D |
| Em7 | C | G D | G |

Verse 1
GOne Night The Moon Was Shining
On These Old Kentucky HilCls
GWay Down In The Country
Among The Rocks And Among The Rills   D​
Em7I Had An Urge To Travel
And I’ve Always Longed To Roam C​
GBut That Night I Left These Bluegrass Hills
And My Old DCountry Home    G​

Chorus
CKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight G​
CKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighGt
Em7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    C​
GI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivDe And Die     G​

Instrumental
| G | C | G | D |
| Em7 | C | G D | G |

Verse 2
GI’ll Never Forget The Night I Left
The Moon Was Shining High     C​
GAnd Mother, Through Her Tear-Filled Eyes
She Smiled As She Cried  D​
Em7She Said, “Oh Hon, Don’t Leave Me
We All Love You, You Know”    C​
GBut I Had That Urge To Travel
And That Night DI Had To Go     G​

Verse 3
GFor Years And Years I’ve Traveled
I’ll Never Settle Down    C​
GI’ve Been In Big Cities
And Been In Small Country Towns   D​
Em7In My Heart There Is A Longing
And Someday I’ll Go Back      C​
GTo Where That Bluegrass Is Waving
Around That CouDntry Shack        G​

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

Em7Now The Years Have Passed Like Rivers
CAnd I Feel Their Current StrongG​
Em7When The Tetons Catch The Morning
CI Can Almost Hear Your Song      D​
Em7I Don’t Know What Waits Beyond Them
COr Where Every Journey Ends    G​
Am7But The Road That Carried Me Away
CKeeps Turning HomeD Again

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

CKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight G​
CKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighGt
Em7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    C​
GI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivDe And Die     G​

Slow Down And Soften Again.

CYes, I Guess I’ll Go Back There
GTo Live And Die
Em7And If There’s Something Past Those Mountains
CSomething Waiting Out Of Sight
GI Hope The Road That Leads Me Home
DBrings Me Back To You One GNight

Outro
| Am7 | Em7 | C | G |
| C   | G   | D | G |

Let The Final D Ring.