[Verse 1] - - - - - [G] Wish that I was [C] on ole [G] Rocky Top [Em] down in the [D] Tennessee [G] hills. [G] Ain't no smoggy [C] smoke on [G] Rocky Top, [Em] ain't no [D] telephone [G] bills.
[G] Once I had a [C] girl on [G] Rocky Top, [Em] half bear, [D] other half [G] cat. [G] Wild as a mink but [C] sweet as [G] soda pop, [Em] I still [D] dream about [G] that
[CHORUS] - - - - - [Em] Rocky Top, you'll [A] always be [F] home sweet home to [C] me. [G] Good Ole [F] Rocky Top, [G] Rocky Top [F] Tenne- [G] -ssee, [Em] Rocky Top [D] Tenne- [G] -ssee
[Verse 2] - - - - - [G] Once two strangers [C] climbed ole [G] Rocky Top [Em] looking for a [D] moonshine [G] still. [G] Strangers ain't come [C] down from [G] Rocky Top, [Em] reckon they [D] never [G] will.
[G] Corn don't grow at [C] all on [G] Rocky Top, [Em] ground's too [D] rocky by [G] far. [G] That's why all the [C] folks on [G] Rocky Top [Em] get their [D] corn in a [G] jar
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[Verse 3] - - - - - [G] I've had years of [C] cramped up [G] city life [Em] trapped like a [D] duck in a [G] pen. [G] All I know is [C] it's a [G] pity life [Em] can't be [D] simple [G] again
[CHORUS] - - - - - [Em] Rocky Top [D] Tenne- [G] -ssee
[Em] Rocky Top [D] Tenne- [G] -ssee
