Chords for The Carter Family, My Little Home In Tennessee, and I Loved You Better Than You Knew

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[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Every night I'm dreaming [Eb] of a little [F] home down among the hills of [Bb] Tennessee.
_ _ And I'm always lonely, [Eb] longing to return [F] to the place that means the world [Bb] to me.
_ [F] Just a little shack, [Bb] roof all turning black, [F] still it is a palace far to me.
_ [Bb] Songbirds always [Dm] singing [Eb] round my kitchen door [F] in my little home [Bb] in Tennessee. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ I can see my mother [Eb]
standing by the gate [Cm] as I drove the old horse [Bb] up the lane.
She would never scold me [Eb] when I'd get in [F] late, how I wish I'd never [Bb] caused her pain. _
_ [F] With a tender smile, [Bb] meaning all of my, [F] no one could be so kind to me.
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Now she's gone to heaven [Eb] and she'll never return [F] to my little home in [Bb] Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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_ I can still remember [Eb] many years ago [F] when my sweetheart wandered by [Bb] my side.
Down among the [Eb] mountains where wildflowers grow, [F]
there she promised she would [Bb] be my bride.
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Then another man won her heart [Bb] in [F] hand, then I knew how much she meant to me.
[Bb] I was broken [Eb] hearted and I ran away [F] from my little home [Bb] in Tennessee.
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Our hands are _ [C] clasped, they'll [Bb] last forever, _ [F] perhaps we'll never [C] meet again.
I loved [F] you _ as I [Bb] loved no other, this [F] parting _ [C] filled my [F] heart with pain.
And through this weary world [Bb] I wander, my [F] thoughts alone will [C] be of you.
In [F] memory I will [Bb] see you ever, I [F] loved you [C] better [F] than you knew. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ You ask and _ freely [Bb] I'll forgive you, the [F] happy past I [C] must forget.
And [F] while I _ wander [Bb] alone in silence, I [F] hope that [C]
you'll [F] be happy yet.
And through this weary world [Bb] I wander, my [F] thoughts alone will be [C] of you.
[F] In memory I will [Bb] see you ever, I loved you [F] _
[C] better [F] than you knew. _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [F] _ _ _ Perhaps when I am [Bb] gone forever, _ you'll [F] sometimes sit and [C] think of me.
[F] And wonder _ if [Bb] I'm dead or living, [F] perhaps I'll [C] think [F] the same of you.
And through this weary [Bb] world I wander, my [F] thoughts alone will [C] be of you.
In [F] memory I will [Bb] see you ever, I [F] loved you _ [C]
better [F] than you knew. _ _ _ _ _