Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

Been up and down this lonesome highway

coast to coast and back again

I just had to do things my way

had to go against the wind

Chorus

Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind

 Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known

and I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find

 Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home

Remaining verses/choruses are the same as above..

I can smell the wood smoke risin'

feel the wind out in the pines

see the way I left her cryin'

every time I close my eyes

Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind

Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known

And I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find

Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home

Think I’ll get up with the sunrise,

think I’ll pack my things and go

it's taken me this long to realize

the only thing I need to know

Cause I’ve been dreaming of the girl I left behind

Lord she had the truest heart I’ve ever known

And I’ve been looking for a world I’ll never find

Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home

Ever since I left my East Kentucky Home