The Wrong Direction Home Cifras

THE WRONG DIRECTION HOME
As recorded by Dolly Parton
(From the 1973 Album MY TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN HOME)
 
Capo at 2nd fret
 
If you want to play it without a capo transpose +2 steps.
 
 
[Intro]
A  D  A E A
 
[Verse 1]
A                                   D
In a shingle-covered cottage at the foothills of the Smokeys
       A                      E              A
Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear
                                 D
Where hummingbirds and honeybees feed on Mama's roses
   A                  E                A
My memories just grow sweeter with the years
 
[Verse 2]
A                               D
Memories of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey
       A               E             A
And as fresh as dew on morning glory vines
                            D
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
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