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[Verse 1]
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Daniel Boone cut his way into Kentucky
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Indians call that place the dark and bloody ground
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They opened up the wilderness with courage
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Celebrated with an ol’ hoe down

[Verse 2]
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I grew up in the shadow of the mountains
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Where the creeks ran clear and the nine pound hammer swings
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My folks taught me to have pride in ol’ Kentucky
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And it wells inside me every time I sing

[Chorus]
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I hear the sound of horse’s hooves
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McCoy 'n' Hatfield mountain feuds
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The bluegrass music, that’s Kentucky thunder
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I hear the rumble from the mines
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Up dark hollers the moon still shines
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Sweet Kentucky girls are still the wonder
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Lord and when I die, that’s where I want to lie
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Until ol’ Gable blows his final number
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And it rolls across the sky like
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Kentucky thunder

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[Verse 3]
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My music carried me far from that ol’ home place
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But my roots always ran to that rocky soil
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Aw you can take the boy from ol’ Kentucky
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But you can’t take Kentucky from the boy


[Chorus]
  G
I hear the sound of horse’s hooves
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McCoy 'n' Hatfield mountain feuds
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The bluegrass music, that’s Kentucky thunder
  G
I hear the rumble from the mines
G
Up dark hollers the moon still shines
G                                  A     C G A
Sweet Kentucky girls are still the wonder
         D
Lord and when I die, that’s where I want to lie
  G       A                     Bm    G
Until ol’ Gable blows his final number
                        A
And it rolls across the sky like
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Kentucky thunder (repeat 4x, hold on last)