Beattyville

Intro: D | D5 | D7 | G | Em | A7 | D | A7 

 
D       D5          D7            G 
Darlin', how's the sun in Carolina? 
Em      A7              D   A7 
Dayton's cold this time of year 
D               D5          D7          G 
And I fear that you have left the past behind ya 
Em          A7                 D          A7 
Livin' in a palace while I'm here 
   Em            A7 
I remember another time 
         Em             A7 
When all our stars weren't smothered by 
      Em                        A7 
The factories and the city lights 
D       D5  D7 
Please be somewhere in my sleep 
 

 
G                  A7           D D/F#         G 
I dreamt I built a boat on a river back to you 
G                  A7     D D/F#                  G 
Hopin' it would float on prayers and rubber glue 
Em                        A7              D Dsus4 D 
Home to where your love will swallow me 
             Em                           A7             
Where the North and South Kentucky rivers meet 

D | D5 | D7 | G | Em | A7 | D | A7 
 

 
D       D5          D7           G 
Honey, have my letters gotten to ya? 
    Em       A7                D        A7 
Are they sittin' on some Cincinnati train? 
D         D5  D7            G 
I wonder if I only used to knew ya 
Em              A7              D         A7 
And is your address still the same? 
  Em                 A7 
I reckon that in retrospect 
  Em                    A7 
I read the book but failed the test 
       Em               A7 
And lost the one who loved me best 
     D         D5        D7 
So please keep a candle lit for me 
 

 
G                  A7           D D/F#         G 
I dreamt I built a boat on a river back to you 
G                  A7     D D/F#                  G 
Hopin' it would float on prayers and rubber glue 
Em                        A7              D Dsus4 D 
Home to where your love will swallow me 
             Em                           A7            D 
Where the North and South Kentucky rivers meet