Rocky Top

From Emil's Tablature

monalrel

(Recorded by the Osborne brothers, but written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant.
Ranked #47 of all time by Country America magazine, October '92 issue)

Tempo is brisk, accentuate the downstroke  4/4 time / = downstroke,   ^
= troke.  (included to help you  figure out the timing)(This came out of
an EZ play organ book, and note that it is in the key of CMaj. I don't
have a recording of this, but it's very possible that any recorded
version would be in different key)
C               F      C
/    /    /  /  /   /  /  ^  /
Wish that I was on ol' Rocky Top
           G7        C
/    /  ^    /  ^  /  /    /  /  /
down in the Tennessee hills
              F        C
/    /  /   /  /     /  /  ^  /
aint no smoggy smoke on Rocky top
       G         C
/    /  /  ^ /   ^ /    /   /  /
aint no telephone bills

            F       C
/    /  /  /  /   /  /  ^  /
Once I had a girl on Rocky top
         G7        C
/    /    / ^   /    /   /   /  /
Half bear other half cat
                  F        C
/    /  ^  /   /   /     /  / ^  /
Wild as a mink but sweet as soda pop
       G7          C
/  /    /     ^ /    /   /  /  /
I still dream about that

(chorus)
Am                 G
/  ^  /     /      /  /   /  /
Rocky Top,  you'll always be
Bb                 F
/    /     /    ^  /  /  /  /
Home sweet home to me
             C
/   /   /   /  /   ^  /  /  /
Good   ol'    Rocky top
         Bb     C                        Bb    C
/  ^  /   /   /  /  /  /  /    /  ^  /    /  /  /  /  /  /
Rocky top Tennessee,           Rocky top Tennessee

C                  F           C
Once two strangers climbed ol' rocky top
             G7         C
Lookin' for a moon shine still
                    F         C
strangers ain't come down from rocky top
           G
Reckon they never will

                  F      C
Corn won`t grow at all on Rocky top
          G7      C
Dirts too rocky by far
                F        C
That's why all the folks on Rocky top
         G7          C
Get their corn from a jar
(repeat chorus)
Wish that I was on ol' Rocky top
Down in the Tennesse hills
Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky top
Ain't no telephone bills
repeat chorus)

Alternate Transcription

I was strumming through rocky top today and realized that the boys play it out of
G, rather than Cmaj.  So the verse would be as follows



G               C      G
Wish that I was on old ROcky Top
Em          D         G
Down in the Tennessee Hills
G              C        G
aint no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top
G       F         G
aint no telephone bills

And the chorus
Em               D
Rocky Top, youll always be
F               C
home sweet home to me
C       G
Good ol Rocky top
G         F       G           G         F       G
Rocky top tennessee           ROcky top Tennessee