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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Once two strangers | climbed ole Rocky Top | lookin' for a moonshine | still.
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6 6 6
6 -6 -6 6 5
4 4 4 -4 5
-4 4 R
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Strangers ain't come | down from Rocky Top, | reckon they never | will.
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6 6 6 6
-6 -6 5 4 4
4 4 4 -4 4 -4 5 R
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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
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That's why all the | folks on Rocky Top | drink their corn from a | jar.
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[Chorus]
-6 -6 -6 R -6 -6 5
4 -7 -7 -7 -6 6
-6 R -6 -6
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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