Blackie, Kentucky chords by Dolly Parton
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
(G major) (Dolly Parton)
In my home town of Blackie, (C major)
Ken (G major) tucky
He came passin' through one dark,
gloomy day
And I considered (C major) myself as (G major) lucky
When he told (C major) me he would take (D major) me away (G major)
And though he was older,
it made (C major) me no dif (G major) ference
His (C major) promise of riches (G major) was all I could see (D major)
At last (G major) I could (C major) leave the coal
(G major) mines of Kentucky
And (C major) know something better
(G major) than sad (D major) pover (G major) ty
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Verse 2
(C major) Blackie, Kentucky,
you (G major) know that I'll miss you
But (C major) there are other places (G major) in
the world I'd like to see (D major)
So (G major) I must take this (C major) chance to
be somethin' (G major) more than nothin'
But I'll (C major) al ways hold you (D major) in my memory
(G major)
Verse 3
But I've never adjusted
to so (C major) ciable liv (G major) in'
The (C major) friends that he knows, (G major)
they're all strangers to (D major) me
(G major) Thousands of (C major) miles from (G major) Blackie,
Kentucky
In a man (C major) sion with a hus
(G major) band that never (D major) loved me
(G major)
Verse 4
He won't let my family
and friends (C major) come to (G major) visit
Be (C major) cause they are country (G major) and poor,
he's ashamed (D major)
Oh, but (G major) I'd give my (C major) life, Lord,
if (G major) I could just go see them
(C major) All that's changed about (D major)
me is my (G major) name
Verse 5
(C major) Blackie, Kentucky, oh (G major) Lord, how I miss you
If (C major) I could come back (G major) home,
I'd never leave you any (D major) more
I'd like (G major) to see my poor, (C major) hardworking,
(G major) coal- minin' Daddy
And Mama, (C major) and the kid (G major) s,
and the friend (D major) s I knew be (G major) fore
Verse 6
My (G major) world is as black as
the (C major) coal in Ken (G major) tucky
He (C major) won't let me leave (G major) him
- there's no way to win (D major)
I'll take (G major) my own (C major) life, dear God, (G major)
please forgive me
But I've (C major) got to get back home (G major)
to Black (D major) ie once again (G major)
Verse 7
An' (G major) I've left him a note,
in the (C major) mornin' he'll find (G major) it
(C major) It's my last re (G major) quest and
he can't refuse me (D major)
I've told (G major) him to bury me (C major) back in Blackie,
(G major) Kentucky
Where my (C major) family and my friends (D major)
can come (G major) an d visit me
Verse 8
(C major) Blackie, Kentucky I'm
(G major) comin' home to you
But (C major) different from the (G major) way you
remember me be (D major) fore
So (G major) make me a place (C major) and I'll
(G major) lay me down to rest
And I'll sleep (C major) in your (D major) arms
forever (G major) more
I'll sleep (C major) in your (D major) arms forever more
Blackie, Kentucky
Dolly Parton
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