Kentucky Hills

Kentucky Hills

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

Intro
| A | D | A | E |
| F#m7 | D | A E | A |

Verse 1
AOne Night The Moon Was Shining
On These Old Kentucky HilDls
AWay Down In The Country
Among The Rocks And Among The Rills   E​
F#m7I Had An Urge To Travel
And I’ve Always Longed To Roam D​
ABut That Night I Left These Bluegrass Hills
And My Old ECountry Home    A​

Chorus
DKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight A​
DKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighAt
F#m7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    D​
AI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivEe And Die     A​

Instrumental
| A | D | A | E |
| F#m7 | D | A E | A |

Verse 2
AI’ll Never Forget The Night I Left
The Moon Was Shining High     D​
AAnd Mother, Through Her Tear-Filled Eyes
She Smiled As She Cried  E​
F#m7She Said, “Oh Hon, Don’t Leave Me
We All Love You, You Know”    D​
ABut I Had That Urge To Travel
And That Night EI Had To Go     A​

Verse 3
AFor Years And Years I’ve Traveled
I’ll Never Settle Down    D​
AI’ve Been In Big Cities
And Been In Small Country Towns   E​
F#m7In My Heart There Is A Longing
And Someday I’ll Go Back      D​
ATo Where That Bluegrass Is Waving
Around That CouEntry Shack        A​

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

F#m7Now The Years Have Passed Like Rivers
DAnd I Feel Their Current StrongA​
F#m7When The Tetons Catch The Morning
DI Can Almost Hear Your Song      E​
F#m7I Don’t Know What Waits Beyond Them
DOr Where Every Journey Ends    A​
Bm7But The Road That Carried Me Away
DKeeps Turning HomeE Again

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

DKentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight A​
DKentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining BrighAt
F#m7I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High    D​
AI Guess I’ll Go Back There
To LivEe And Die     A​

Slow Down And Soften Again.

DYes, I Guess I’ll Go Back There
ATo Live And Die
F#m7And If There’s Something Past Those Mountains
DSomething Waiting Out Of Sight
AI Hope The Road That Leads Me Home
EBrings Me Back To You One ANight

Outro
| Bm7 | F#m7 | D | A |
| D   | A   | E | A |

Let The Final D Ring.