Smokey Mountain Rain

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SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAIN chromatic
By: Kye Flemming &  Dennis Morgan
Ronnie Milsap
Key: G

6    7    7   7   6   7 7   7   -7   7    6
I thumbed my way from L.A. back to Knox-ville
5   -5  -5    -9    -9    -9 
I found out those bright lights 
 -9   -9-8  8 -8  -7
Ain’t where I be-long
 -8 -7   7     7   7   6   7
From a phone booth in the rain 
6   7    -7   7   6
I called to tell her
 -3  -7 -7   -7   -8   -7    7  -6* 7    -7
I've had a change of dreams I'm com-in' home
 7    -8    8    8   8
But tears filled my eyes 
  8  8   8   -8  -7   7   -9
when I found out she was gone

 -8  -9  -9   10   -9    -7   7  -6* -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain keeps on fall-in'
-6* 7 -6*  6   8   -9 -9-8-7
I keep on call-in' her name
 -8  -9  -9   10   -9   7    -7  7   -6*   -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain I'll keep on search-in'
-6* -6* 7 -6*  6   8    -9 -9-8-7
I can't go on hurt-in' this way
  -8    8    8   8  -9   -8  -7 7 -6* -6*   7
She's some-where in the Smok-ey Moun-tain rain

6   7   7  7   6    7   7   7  -7 7  6
I waved a die-sel down out-side a ca-fe'
5   -5  -5   -9 -9  -9 -9  -9 -8   8 -8  -7   -7
He said that he was go-in' as far as Gat-lin-burg
-8   -7   7  7   7   6   
I climbed up in the cab 
 7   6   7   -7   7   6   6
all wet and cold and lone-ly
-3 -7   -7  -7  -8   -7   7 -6* 7   -7
I wiped my eyes and told him a-bout her
 7   -8  8    8   8
I've got to find her!
 8   8   8     -8  -7     7    -9
Can you make these big wheels burn?

-8  -9  -9   10   -9    -7   7  -6* -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain keeps on fall-in'
-6* 7 -6*  6   8   -9 -9-8-7
I keep on call-in' her name
 -8  -9  -9   10   -9   7    -7  7   -6*   -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain I'll keep on search-in'
-6* -6* 7 -6*  6   8    -9 -9-8-7
I can't go on hurt-in' this way
  -8    8    8   8  -9   -8  -7 7 -6* -6*   7
She's some-where in the Smok-ey Moun-tain rain

7  -8     -8  -8  -8  -8 -7-7  7
I can't blame her for let-tin' go
-5 -8 -8  -8    -9  -9 -7-8-7-7  7
A wom-an needs some-one warm to hold
6  8    8    8   8  -8    8-8 -8  -7
I feel the rain run-nin' down my face
-6*   8   -9  -9  8  -7*   8  -9  -9
I'll find her no mat-ter what it takes!

-8  -9  -9   10   -9   7    -7  7   -6*   -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain I'll keep on search-in'
-6* -6* 7 -6*  6   8    -9 -9-8-7
I can't go on hurt-in' this way
  -8    8    8   8  -9   -8  -7 7 -6* -6*   7
She's some-where in the Smok-ey Moun-tain rain

-8  -9  -9   10   -9    -7   7  -6* -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain keeps on fall-in'
-6* 7 -6*  6   8   -9 -9-8-7
I keep on call-in' her name
 -8  -9  -9   10   -9   7    -7  7   -6*   -9
Smok-ey Moun-tain rain I'll keep on search-in'
-6* -6* 7 -6*  6   8    -9 -9-8-7
I can't go on hurt-in' this way
  -8    8    8   8  -9   -8  -7 7 -6* -6*   7
She's some-where in the Smok-ey Moun-tain rain

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