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