Biography:
Larry Sparks was born and raised in Lebanon, Ohio, born September 15, 1947. He is a Bluegrass singer and guitarist. He was the winner of the 2004 and 2005 International Bluegrass Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year Award and worked as a rhythm guitarist for Ralph Stanley many, many years ago. He eventually started doing his own solo work and has made dozens of great albums. His voice is authentic and immediately recognizable. Some of his best work has been in the bluegrass-gospel field.
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- City Folks Call Us Poor
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- Green Pastures In The Sky
- Hand In Hand
- Ive Just Seen The Rock Of Ages
- John Deere Tractor
- Last Day At Gettysburg
- New Highway
- Ship From Kings Harbor Shore
- Smokey Mountain Memories
- Smoky Mountain Memories
- Tennessee 1949
- The Last Suit You Wear
- Wings Over Jordan
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Smokey Mountain Memories: Larry Sparks
Album: Treasury Of Bluegrass, Vol. 1
Chorded by Gary W, 8 Sept 2006
Note 1: I am showing this two ways: Version 1 without Capo and Version 2 with Capo on 3rd Fret.
Note 2: Each / mark simply means a down-strum.
VERSION 1-NO CAPO
[Intro]
F Eb Bb F Eb Bb F
//// // / / //// // / / //// ////
[Verse]
F Dm
* Smokey Mountain Memories, 'bout my home in Tennessee
Bb C
* Yesterday keeps calling me, calling me ho-oo-oo?oo-ome
F Dm
Mountains rising in my soul, higher than the dreams I've known
Bb C F
Misty eyes, they cling to me, like Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
[Bridge]
Dm
An old gray man with a dog a- -sleep at his feet
Gm Dm
Plays a worn out fiddle, full of mel-o-dies
F Dm
He smiles with his eyes, but the lines on his face
Gm C F
Told me as much as the tunes he played
[Verse]
F Dm
Smokey Mountain Mem-o-ries, pretty girl's in Tennessee
Bb C
I was such a fool to leave, leave her all alo-oo-oo-oo-one
F Dm
Think about her in my dreams, wonder if she thinks of me
Bb C F
I always hold her close to me, in my Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
[Instrumental]
F
//// //// //
[Verse]
Dm
So mister, play your fiddle please, play some mountain mem-o-ries
Bb C
I've been down a lonely road, so far from ho-oo-oo?oo-ome
F Dm
Nothing left to hold onto, I made some plans but they fell thru
Bb C F
Now there's nothing left for me but my Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
Repeat first verse
[Outro]
F Dm Bb C F Dm Bb C F
Album: Treasury Of Bluegrass, Vol. 1
Chorded by Gary W, 8 Sept 2006
Note 1: I am showing this two ways: Version 1 without Capo and Version 2 with Capo on 3rd Fret.
Note 2: Each / mark simply means a down-strum.
VERSION 1-NO CAPO
[Intro]
F Eb Bb F Eb Bb F
//// // / / //// // / / //// ////
[Verse]
F Dm
* Smokey Mountain Memories, 'bout my home in Tennessee
Bb C
* Yesterday keeps calling me, calling me ho-oo-oo?oo-ome
F Dm
Mountains rising in my soul, higher than the dreams I've known
Bb C F
Misty eyes, they cling to me, like Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
[Bridge]
Dm
An old gray man with a dog a- -sleep at his feet
Gm Dm
Plays a worn out fiddle, full of mel-o-dies
F Dm
He smiles with his eyes, but the lines on his face
Gm C F
Told me as much as the tunes he played
[Verse]
F Dm
Smokey Mountain Mem-o-ries, pretty girl's in Tennessee
Bb C
I was such a fool to leave, leave her all alo-oo-oo-oo-one
F Dm
Think about her in my dreams, wonder if she thinks of me
Bb C F
I always hold her close to me, in my Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
[Instrumental]
F
//// //// //
[Verse]
Dm
So mister, play your fiddle please, play some mountain mem-o-ries
Bb C
I've been down a lonely road, so far from ho-oo-oo?oo-ome
F Dm
Nothing left to hold onto, I made some plans but they fell thru
Bb C F
Now there's nothing left for me but my Smokey Mountain Mem-o- -ries
Repeat first verse
[Outro]
F Dm Bb C F Dm Bb C F
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