Rocky Top Tennessee
By Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Osborne Brothers
Verse
D
Wish that I was
G
on old
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
down in the
A
Tennessee
D
hills
D
Ain't no smoggy
G
smoke on
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
ain’t no
A
telephone
D
bills.
D
Once I had a
G
girl on
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
half bear the
A
other half
D
cat
D
Wild as a mink but
G
sweet as
D
soda pop,
Bm
I still
A
dream about
D
that.
Chorus
Bm
Rocky Top, you'll al
A
ways be
C
home sweet home to
G
me
G
Good old
D
Rocky Top, Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see,
Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see.
Verse 2
D
Once two strangers
G
climbed old
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
looking for a
A
moonshine
D
still
D
Strangers ain’t come
G
down from
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
reckon they
A
never
D
will.
D
Corn won’t grow at
G
all on
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
dirt’s too
A
rocky by
D
far
D
That’s why all the
G
folks on
D
Rocky Top,
Bm
get their
A
corn from a
D
jar.
Chorus *
Bm
Rocky Top, you'll al
A
ways be
C
home sweet home to
G
me
G
Good old
D
Rocky Top, Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see,
Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see.
Interlude
D
G
D
Bm
A
D
D
G
D
Bm
A
D
Bm
A
C
G
D
C
D
C
D
Verse 3
D
I’ve had years of
G
cramped up c
D
ity life,
Bm
trapped like a
A
duck in a
D
pen
D
All I know is
G
it’s a
D
pity,
Bm
life can’t be
A
simple
D
again.
Chorus *
Bm
Rocky Top, you'll al
A
ways be
C
home sweet home to
G
me
G
Good old
D
Rocky Top, Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see,
Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see.
Outro
Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see
C
eee
D
eee,
Rocky Top
C
Tennes
D
see.