Kentucky Hills
Key: D Major
Tuning: Standard
Feel: Slow 6/8
Suggested Chords: D, G, A, Bm7, Em7
Intro
Verse 1
One Night The Moon Was Shining
On These Old Kentucky Hills
Way Down In The Country
Among The Rocks And Among The Rills
I Had An Urge To Travel
And I’ve Always Longed To Roam
But That Night I Left These Bluegrass Hills
And My Old Country Home
Chorus
Kentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight
Kentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining Bright
I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High
I Guess I’ll Go Back There
To Live And Die
Instrumental
Verse 2
I’ll Never Forget The Night I Left
The Moon Was Shining High
And Mother, Through Her Tear-Filled Eyes
She Smiled As She Cried
She Said, “Oh Hon, Don’t Leave Me
We All Love You, You Know”
But I Had That Urge To Travel
And That Night I Had To Go
Verse 3
For Years And Years I’ve Traveled
I’ll Never Settle Down
I’ve Been In Big Cities
And Been In Small Country Towns
In My Heart There Is A Longing
And Someday I’ll Go Back
To Where That Bluegrass Is Waving
Around That Country Shack
Bridge
Pull The Strumming Back Here. One Soft Strum Or Light Fingerpicking Would Work Well.
Now The Years Have Passed Like Rivers
And I Feel Their Current Strong
When The Tetons Catch The Morning
I Can Almost Hear Your Song
I Don’t Know What Waits Beyond Them
Or Where Every Journey Ends
But The Road That Carried Me Away
Keeps Turning Home Again
Final Chorus[Chorus]
Let This Chorus Build A Little More Than The First.
Kentucky
I Hear You Calling Me Tonight
Kentucky
I Know Your Moon’s Still Shining Bright
I Miss Your Mountains And Your Sky
And Your Bluegrass Waving High
I Guess I’ll Go Back There
To Live And Die
Slow Down And Soften Again.
Yes, I Guess I’ll Go Back There
To Live And Die
And If There’s Something Past Those Mountains
Something Waiting Out Of Sight
I Hope The Road That Leads Me Home
Brings Me Back To You One Night
Outro
Let The Final D Ring.
