G
I've traveled o'er this country wide
D G
A- seekin' fortune fair
G
I've been down the two coast lines
D
I've traveled everywhere
C G
From Portland East to Portland West
D
And back along the line
G D G C
I'm goin' now to the place that's best
G D G
That old home town of mine.
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G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
There's sure to be a girl somewhere
D G
That you like best of all
g
Mine lives down in Louisville
D
She's long and she is tall
C G
But she's the kind that you can't find
D
A ramblin' through the land
G D G C
I'm on my way this very day
G D G
To win her heart and hand.
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G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
Now I can picture in my mind
D G
A place we'll call our home
g
A humble little hut for two
D
We'll never want to roam
C G
The place that's right for that love site
D
Is in those bluegrass hills
G D G C
Where gently flows the O-hi- o
G D G
By a place called Louis-ville.