Rocky Top Tennessee
Ricky Skaggs, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Roy Clark, Chet Atkins, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rascal Flatts
Dolly Parton, Al Hirt and Ace Cannon, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Osborne Brothers, Keith Urban

Midi 1(C130)    Midi 2(G100)    Midi 3(G117)*
Midi 4(G257)    Midi 5(C120)   Midi 6(F160)
Midi 7(G117)*-harp
Tabbed by Mark Purintun 5-08
For diatonic harmonica
 

 

Lead in:  3 measures

    6    6  6  6    -6  -6   6 5  4      4   4  4   -4  4 -4      5  R
| Wish that I was | on ole Rocky Top | down in the Tennessee | hills. |
    6    6   6 6      -6  -6   6 5  4      4    4  -4 5 -4      4   R
| Ain't no smoggy | smoke on Rocky Top | ain't no telephone | bills. |
    6  6  6  6    -6  -6  -6 5  4      4  4 4  -4 4   -4     5  R
| Once I had a | girl on Rocky Top | half bear other half | cat. |
    6   6    6   6      -6  -6  6 5  4     4   4     -4  5 -4      4  R
| Wild 'sa mink but | sweet as soda pop, | I still dream about | that. |


[Chorus]
  -6 -6  -6 R  -6     -6  5   4    -7    -7  -7 -6  6   -6 R   -6   -6
| Rocky Top, you'll | always be | home sweet ho me to | me. | Good ole |
    6 5  4  R    4 4  4   -4 -4    5       4 4  4   -4 -4    4
| Rocky Top, | Rocky Top Tennes | see, | Rocky Top Tennes | see. |
 
    6   6     6  6        -6    -6   6 5  4      4  4   4 -4   4   -4      5  R
| Once two strangers | climbed ole Rocky Top | lookin' for a moonshine | still. |
     6   6    6     6     -6   -6    6 5  4      4  4   -4   5 -4     4  R
| Strangers ain't come | down from Rocky Top, | reckon they never | will. |
    6    6     6   6    -6 -6   5 4  4        4     4 4  -4 4 -4    5  R
| Corn don't grow at | all on Rocky Top, | ground's too rocky by | far. |
    6     6   6   6     -6   -6   6 5  4      4     4    -4    5 -4    4  R
| That's why all the | folks on Rocky Top | drink their corn from a | jar. |


[Chorus]
  -6 -6  -6 R  -6     -6  5   4    -7    -7  -7 -6  6   -6 R   -6   -6
| Rocky Top, you'll | always be | home sweet ho me to | me. | Good ole |
    6 5  4  R    4 4  4   -4 -4    5       4 4  4   -4 -4    4
| Rocky Top, | Rocky Top Tennes | see, | Rocky Top Tennes | see. |

Additional verse...

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


[Chorus]
  -6 -6  -6 r  -6     -6  5   4    -7    -7  -7 -6  6   -6     -6   -6
| Rocky Top, you'll | always be | home sweet ho me to | me. | Good ole |
    6 5  4       4 4  4   -4 -4    5       4 4  4   -4 -4    4
| Rocky Top, | Rocky Top Tennes | see, | Rocky Top Tennes | see. |

Rocky Top Tennessee

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