The Wrong Direction Home chords by Dolly Parton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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In a shingle  (G major) covered
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cottage at the foot (C major) hills of blue stacks
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Near a moun (G major) tain stream that's
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flowing  (D major) crystal  (G major) clear
Where the humming birds and honey
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bees feed  (C major) on Mama's roses
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My mem'ries  (G major) just grow sweeter  (D major) 
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with the years  (G major) 
Mem'ries of my childhood are as
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sweet  (C major) as mountain honey
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And as  (G major) fresh as a dew on  (D major) morning glory  (G major) vines
I grew up surrounded by the sight
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 (C major) s and sounds of nature
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And  (G major) they're forever present  (D major) in my mind
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 (G major) 

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Verse 2

But I'm headed in the wrong

direction home

Headed in the wrong direction home

There's no place like home

But I'm headed in the wrong

direction home

Verse 3
Teardrops mingled with the summer
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rain  (C major) that was a falling
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The day  (G major) I left my moun (D major) 
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tain home be (G major) hind
With a suitcase in my hand
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and a hope  (C major) in my heart
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I was following  (G major) a dream  (D major) I had to find
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 (G major) 

Verse 4
In that shingled covered cottage at
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the foot (C major) hills of the smokies
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Waits a family  (G major) hat I'm longing  (D major) to  (G major) see
And mountain streams and fields of green
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And rolling  (C major) hills stay in my dreams
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But I'm  (G major) many,
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many miles  (D major) from Ten (G major) nessee

Verse 5
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And still  (C major) headed in the wrong  (D major) 
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direction  (G major) home
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 (D major) Headed in the wrong direction  (G major) home
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But  (C major) maybe I'll get back  (D major) before too long  (G major) 
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But I'm headed  (D major) in the
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wrong direction  (C major) home
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 (G major) 