Chords for Peter Rowan & Mandolin Orange - Trail of Tears (Merlefest 2016)

_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Dm] I've been [C] thinking of days gone by, [Bb] I've been raising [F] my spirits high,
[G] _
I'm [C] blinking back the [F] years, _ _ [Dm] memories of [C] our mountain home,
[Bb] Now I [F] wander all alone, [G] _
I've been winking at the [C] years,
[Gm] _ [F] In the great smoky [C] mountains _ of North [Bb]
Carolina,
_ _ [F] That's where I have [G] rambled for [C] many long years,
[F] In the great smoky [C] mountains _ [F] of North [Bb] Carolina, _
[F] I follow [C] the [A] trail of _ _ [Bb] tears,
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Dm] Yellow [F] tallow candle, [Bb] burning brightly [F] in the window,
[G] _ [C] Calling me back through [F] the pain, _
_ [Dm] Oof beats [F] sound like thunder, [Bb] battle [F] cries steal the wonder,
[G] _ Lightning _ [C] illuminates the rain,
In the great smoky mountains _ [F] of North [Bb] Carolina,
_ _ [F] That's where I have rambled for [C] many long years,
[F] In the great [C] smoky mountains of [F] North [Bb]
Carolina,
_ [F] I follow [C] the [A] trail of _ [D] tears,
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
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_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Dusty bare [C] feet standing on [Bb] a road that [F] leads to nowhere,
[G] _ [C] From our empty cabin [F] door,
_ _ [Dm] Red clouds [C] said they saw you [Bb] on that path in [F] Oklahoma,
[G] No one remembers [C] anymore,
_ _ [F] In the great [C] smoky mountains _ [F] of North [Bb] Carolina,
_ [F] That's where I have rambled [C] for many long years, _
[F] In the great [C] smoky mountains _ [F] of North [Bb] Carolina,
I [C] follow the trail [A] of _ tears,
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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