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[Verse 1]
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Daniel Boone cut his way into Kentucky
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Indians call that place the dark and bloody ground
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They opened up the wilderness with courage
D A D
Celebrated with an ol’ hoe down
[Verse 2]
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I grew up in the shadow of the mountains
D A D
Where the creeks ran clear and the nine pound hammer swings
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My folks taught me to have pride in ol’ Kentucky
D A D
And it wells inside me every time I sing
[Chorus]
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I hear the sound of horse’s hooves
G
McCoy 'n' Hatfield mountain feuds
G D
The bluegrass music, that’s Kentucky thunder
G
I hear the rumble from the mines
G
Up dark hollers the moon still shines
G A C G A
Sweet Kentucky girls are still the wonder
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Lord and when I die, that’s where I want to lie
G A Bm G
Until ol’ Gable blows his final number
A
And it rolls across the sky like
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Kentucky thunder
G A D
[Verse 3]
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My music carried me far from that ol’ home place
D A D
But my roots always ran to that rocky soil
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Aw you can take the boy from ol’ Kentucky
D A D
But you can’t take Kentucky from the boy
[Chorus]
G
I hear the sound of horse’s hooves
G
McCoy 'n' Hatfield mountain feuds
G D
The bluegrass music, that’s Kentucky thunder
G
I hear the rumble from the mines
G
Up dark hollers the moon still shines
G A C G A
Sweet Kentucky girls are still the wonder
D
Lord and when I die, that’s where I want to lie
G A Bm G
Until ol’ Gable blows his final number
A
And it rolls across the sky like
D
Kentucky thunder (repeat 4x, hold on last)
