Kentucky Hills

Kentucky Hills

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

Intro
| D | G | D | A |
| Bm7 | G | D A | D |

Verse 1
DOne Night The Moon Was Shining
On These Old Kentucky HilGls
DWay Down In The Country
Among The Rocks And Among The Rills   A​
Bm7I Had An Urge To Travel
And I’ve Always Longed To Roam G​
DBut That Night I Left These Bluegrass Hills
And My Old ACountry Home    D​

Chorus
GKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight D​
GKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighDt
Bm7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    G​
DI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivAe And Die     D​

Instrumental
| D | G | D | A |
| Bm7 | G | D A | D |

Verse 2
DI’ll Never Forget The Night I Left
The Moon Was Shining High     G​
DAnd Mother, Through Her Tear-Filled Eyes
She Smiled As She Cried  A​
Bm7She Said, “Oh Hon, Don’t Leave Me
We All Love You, You Know”    G​
DBut I Had That Urge To Travel
And That Night AI Had To Go     D​

Verse 3
DFor Years And Years I’ve Traveled
I’ll Never Settle Down    G​
DI’ve Been In Big Cities
And Been In Small Country Towns   A​
Bm7In My Heart There Is A Longing
And Someday I’ll Go Back      G​
DTo Where That Bluegrass Is Waving
Around That CouAntry Shack        D​

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

Bm7Now The Years Have Passed Like Rivers
GAnd I Feel Their Current StrongD​
Bm7When The Tetons Catch The Morning
GI Can Almost Hear Your Song      A​
Bm7I Don’t Know What Waits Beyond Them
GOr Where Every Journey Ends    D​
Em7But The Road That Carried Me Away
GKeeps Turning HomeA Again

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

GKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight D​
GKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighDt
Bm7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    G​
DI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivAe And Die     D​

Slow Down And Soften Again.

GYes, I Guess I’ll Go Back There
DTo Live And Die
Bm7And If There’s Something Past Those Mountains
GSomething Waiting Out Of Sight
DI Hope The Road That Leads Me Home
ABrings Me Back To You One DNight

Outro
| Em7 | Bm7 | G | D |
| G   | D   | A | D |

Let The Final D Ring.