Standard (EADGBE)

x32000 xx3210 x13231

Intro

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I thumbed my way from L.A. back to Knoxville

 I found out those bright lights ain't where I belong

 from a phone booth in the rain I called to tell her

I've had a change of dreams I'm comin' home

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but tears filled my eyes when I found out she was gone

Chorus

Smoky Mountain Rain keeps on fallin'

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I keep on callin' her name

Smoky Mountain Rain I'll kep on searchin'

 I can't go on hurtin' this way

 she's somewhere in the smoky mountain rain

Verse 2

I waved a diesel down outside a cafe

 he said he was goin' as far as Gatlinburg

 I climbed up in the cab all wet and lonely

I wiped my eyes and told him about her

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I've got to find her can you make these big wheels burn

(CHORUS)

Bridge

I can't blame her for lettin' go

a woman needs someone warm to hold

I feel the rain runnin' down my face

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I'll find her no matter what it takes

(instrumental)

(CHORUS)