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[Verse 1]
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In a shingle-covered cottage at the foothills of the Smokeys
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Near a mountain stream that's flowing crystal clear
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Where hummingbirds and honeybees feed on Mama's roses
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My memories just grow sweeter with the years

[Verse 2]
A                               D
Memories of my childhood are as sweet as mountain honey
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And as fresh as dew on morning glory vines
                            D
I grew up surrounded by the sights and sounds of nature
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And they're forever present in my mind

[Chorus]
        D             E               A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home
E                             A
Headed in the wrong direction home
        D  E          A
There's no place like home
        E                             A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction home

[Verse 3]
A                                 D
Teardrops mingled with the summer rain that was a-falling
    A             E               A
The day I left my mountain home behind
                                 D
With a suitcase in my hand and a hope in my heart
      A           E              A
I was following a dream I had to find

[Verse 4]
A                                       D
In that shingled-covered cottage at the foothills of the Smokeys
        A               E           A
Waits a family that I'm longing so to see
A
And mountain streams and fields of green
    D
And rolling hills stay in my dreams
    A              E                A
But I'm many, many miles from Tennessee

[Chorus]
          D             E               A
And still headed in the wrong direction home
E                             A
Headed in the wrong direction home
    D              E               A
But maybe I'll get back before too long
        E                             D  A
But I'm headed in the wrong direction hooome