I wonder if it's [A] rainin' in the[D] mountains[A]
I wonder how the ol[D]d town looks to--[A]day
And i[D]f the church is there beside the ri[A]ver
Could I[B7] go back and find where mam[E]a lay
Does [A]life still go to sl[D]eep just after sun[A]set
Are the berries still as bi[A7]g on the vi[D]ne
Do old men sit and talk about the ol[A]d days
The way they did in ni[E]neteen forty-n[A]ine
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
I won[A]der if by chanc[D]e they might rem[A]ember
A teenage boy so wil[D]d and fancy f[A]ree
Who a[D]lways loved guitars and country mus[A]ic
If I we[B7]nt back would they remember[E] me
I won[A]der what bec[D]ame of Kathryn Ack[A]ers
The girl who broke my h[A7]eart at sev[D]enteen
I barely can remember what she looks[A] like
Thirty years a[E]go she was my [A]dream
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
For m[A]any years I've [D]searched the wide world[A] over
For what I don't rec[D]all and didn'[A]t find
And no[D]w I'm searching pictures in my memo[A]ry
For Tennessee in n[E]ineteen forty [A]nine
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
I wonder how the ol[D]d town looks to--[A]day
And i[D]f the church is there beside the ri[A]ver
Could I[B7] go back and find where mam[E]a lay
Does [A]life still go to sl[D]eep just after sun[A]set
Are the berries still as bi[A7]g on the vi[D]ne
Do old men sit and talk about the ol[A]d days
The way they did in ni[E]neteen forty-n[A]ine
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
I won[A]der if by chanc[D]e they might rem[A]ember
A teenage boy so wil[D]d and fancy f[A]ree
Who a[D]lways loved guitars and country mus[A]ic
If I we[B7]nt back would they remember[E] me
I won[A]der what bec[D]ame of Kathryn Ack[A]ers
The girl who broke my h[A7]eart at sev[D]enteen
I barely can remember what she looks[A] like
Thirty years a[E]go she was my [A]dream
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
For m[A]any years I've [D]searched the wide world[A] over
For what I don't rec[D]all and didn'[A]t find
And no[D]w I'm searching pictures in my memo[A]ry
For Tennessee in n[E]ineteen forty [A]nine
Chorus
Oh Oh[A7], Oh how[D] I'd like to be
B[A]ack in the hills of Te[E]nnessee[E7]
O[A]h Oh, Oh it[D] would be so fine
If I[A] could just go b[E]ack to nineteen f[A]orty-nine
