Smokey Mountain Boy chords by Elvis Presley

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

{Intro}
G+G D7D7 G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G
(Whistling and military drumming.)

Chorus:
G+G     D7D7
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy,
    G+G      D7D7
Coming back to the hills I love.
     G+G        C majorC
With the tops of pine all bending in the wind
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
and the deep blue sky above.

Verse 1:
        C majorC    G+G
The closer and closer I get to home,
          D7D7
the more excited I am.
C majorC
Those were the mornings I'd roll out of bed,

start the day off with a hot corn bread.
A7A7            D7D7
Smothered in huckleberry jam.

Chorus:
G+G     D7D7
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy,
    G+G      D7D7
Coming back to the hills I love.
     G+G        C majorC
With the tops of pine all bending in the wind
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
and the deep blue sky above.

Verse 2:
       C majorC        G+G
I can almost hear the hounds running through the woods,
            D7D7
close on the trail of a hare.
C majorC
How I long to be with them, following the hounds a-hunting again.
A7A7              D7D7
Getting me a big old grizzly bear.

Chorus:
G+G     D7D7
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy,
    G+G      D7D7
Coming back to the hills I love.
     G+G        C majorC
With the tops of pine all bending in the wind
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
and the deep blue sky above.

Verse 3:
      C majorC     G+G
I traveled around and met lots of girls,
           D7D7
no matter how many I see.
C majorC
I left some pretty ones behind.

I know back home is where I'll find,
  A7A7              D7D7
the girl whose love is meant for me.

Chorus:
G+G     D7D7
I'm just a Smokey Mountain boy,
    G+G      D7D7
Coming back to the hills I love.
     G+G        C majorC
With the tops of pine all bending in the wind
    G+G     D7D7  G+G
and the deep blue sky above.

{Outro}
G+G D7D7 G+G D7D7 G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G
(Whistling and military drumming.)