Rocky Top Fingerstyle tab by The Osborne Brothers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
 (G)       (C)       (Em)  (D)   (G)
e|-----------------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---3---3---3-----------3-0---------------------0-------0-----------------|
G|-----------------------------0---0---0-0-2-2-2-------0---------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------0-------2---0---0-----0-------0---------------|
A|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------3-------0---------------3-----3-------------------|
 Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top, down in the Tennessee hills

 (G)       (C)       (Em)  (D)   (G)
e|-----------------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---3---3---3-----------3-0-----------------------------0-----------------|
G|-----------------------------0---0---0---2-2-2---0---0---------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------0-------2---0---0-----0-------0---------------|
A|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------3-------0---------------3-----3-------------------|
 Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top, ain't no telephone bills

 (G)       (C)       (Em)  (D)   (G)
e|-----------------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---3---3---3-----------3-0---------------------0-------0-----------------|
G|-----------------------------0---0---0---2-2-2-------0---------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------0-------2---0---0-----0-------0---------------|
A|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------3-------0---------------3-----3-------------------|
 Once I had a girl on Rocky Top, half bear, other half cat

 (G)       (C)       (Em)  (D)   (G)
e|-----------------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3---3-3-3---3-----------3-0-----------------------------0-----------------|
G|-----------------------------0---0---0---2-2-2---0---0---------------------|
D|-----0-------0-------2-------0-------2---0---0-----0-------0---------------|
A|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------3---------------3-------0---------------3-----3-------------------|
 Wild as a mink, but sweet as soda pop, I still dream about that

Chorus:
 (Em)      (D)       (F)      (C)
e|-0---0---0---0--------------------1---1---1------0-------------------------|
B|-----------------3---3---3--------------------1----------1-----------------|
G|---------------------2-------2-----------------------0-----0---------------|
D|-----2-------2---0-------0------------3-----3------2-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-----3-------------------|
E|-0-------0------------------------1-------1--------------------------------|
 Rocky Top, you'll always be,   home sweet home to me

 (C)       (G)          (F) (G)         (F) (G)
e|-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-0-------------------------0-------0---------------------|
G|------0--------------0-----------0-0-0--2-2------0--------0-0-0--2-2--0----|
D|----2--------2-------0-------0-------0----3----0-------0------0----3-------|
A|-3-------3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------3-------3-------3------1----3-----3------3------1----3----|
 Good ol' Rocky Top,       Rocky Top, Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee


Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will
Corn won't grow at all on Rocky Top
Dirt's too rocky by far
That's why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar

I've had years of cramped-up city life
Trapped like a duck in a pen
All I know is it's a pity life
Can't be simple again