Mountains of Kentucky
By Thomas Geraghty
[Verse 1]
D -C -G
Just a laborer working in a common factory
G -C -D
Working nine to nine just to stay alive
G
The pay is not a good
D-Bm7
And I'd quit it if I could
C-A
But I'm in debt straight up to my knees
[Verse 2]
D -C -G
Just a peon working for a rich man's company
G -C -D
Treated like the dirt that's caked upon the floor
G
And if I had my way
D-Bm7
I'd leave this job today
C-A-D-D7
And move up to the mountains of Kentucky
[Chorus]
G-A-D-D7
Oh I dream about the mountains of Kentucky
G-A-D-D7
Life in the city has really got me down
G-A
Oh I love to see the limestone
D-Bm7
And the trees that cloak the hills
C-A
I need to know the freedom that's deep inside my soul
C-A
So please set me free
D-Bm7
Please set me free
G-A-D
Set me free and let me live In the mountains of Kentucky
[Verse 3]
D -C -G
Just a worker figured in the great monopoly
G -C -D
Making wealth for someone other than myself
G
And I have finally realized
D-Bm7
That I have to say goodbye
C-A-D-D7
And move up to the mountains of Kentucky
[Chorus]
G-A-D-D7
Oh I dream about the mountains of Kentucky
G-A-D-D7
Life in the city has really got me down
G-A
Oh I love to see the limestone
D-Bm7
And the trees that cloak the hills
C-A
I need to know the freedom that's deep inside my soul
C-A
So please set me free
D-Bm7
Please set me free
G-A-D
Lord set me free and let me live In the mountain of Kentucky
D -C -G
Just a laborer working in a common factory