Dolly Parton – The Wrong Direction Home (Guitar)

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As recorded by Dolly Parton (From the 1973 Album MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME) [Intro] A D A E A [Verse 1]
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In a shingle-covered cottage at the foothills of the Smokeys

       A                      E              A
Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear

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Where hummingbirds and honeybees feed on Mama's roses

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My memories just grow sweeter with the years
[Verse 2]
A                               D
Memories of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey

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And as fresh as dew on morning glory vines

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I grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature

    A               E             A
And they're forever present in my mind
[Chorus]
        D             E               A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home

E                             A
Headed in the wrong direction home

        D  E          A
There's no place like home

        E                             A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home
[Verse 3]
A                                 D
Teardrops mingled with the summer rain that was a-falling

    A             E               A
The day I left my mountain home behind

                                 D
With a suitcase in my hand and a hope in my heart

      A           E              A
I was following a dream I had to find
[Verse 4]
A                                       D
In that shingled-covered cottage at the foothills of the Smokeys

        A               E           A
Waits a family that I'm longing so to see

A
And mountain streams and fields of green

    D
And rolling hills stay in my dreams

    A              E                A
But I'm many, many miles from Tennessee
[Chorus]
          D             E               A
And still headed in the wrong direction home

E                             A
Headed in the wrong direction home

    D              E               A
But maybe I'll get back before too long

        E                             D  A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction hooome