Key: D
Introduction:
G D
Up in them mountains teaching school
D D7M D9 G
All alone in a one room shack
D
Teaching the children all she knew
G D
We spent a lot of hours together
C D
And one day she said she'd love me for all time
C
And I hope she don't change her mind
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We took a trip to Montana
G D
Guess we were looking for gold
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Never saw a trace of it
G D
But it was everywhere we were told
G D C D
Worked in a mine for thirteen hours every day
C
And knew she wasn't meant to live that way
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The going was rough
G D Bm F#m7
But she treated me so kind
C
And I hope she don't change her mind
Interlude on Intro Chords
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Now we're back in Carolina
G D
Up in them Smokies where we belong
D D7M D9 G
Never knew why we went away
D
Can't understand why we were gone
G D
Been with her twenty years
C D
And all those years she made me feel so fine
C D
And she still tells me that she loves me
C
And I hope she don't change her mind
C
And I hope she don't change her mind