D
SHE WAS SOMETHING IN HER FORMATIVE YEARS
       G
SHE'D HIDE HER ACCENT IT WOULD DA PPEAR
      D                                         A
WHEN SHE WOULD BRAG ON WHAT DADDY BOUGHT A ST NIGHT
         D
ALL THE PD TTY GIRLS WED  IN THAT CROWD
     G
TO TEASE A HAND FULL OF POOR KIDS OUT LOUD
      D           A              D
AND EVEN THEN I KNEW IT WASN'T RIGHT


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SMOKE RISE, YOU WED  NEVER KIND
  G    A                    D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
  G   A   Bm       A         G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
  A                                D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD  YOU'D  IN MY PAST


D
MOST OF THE KIDS WED  BETTER THAN ME
       G
OR AT LEAST THEY THOUGHT SO AND IT WAS PA IN TO SEE
      D                                              A
THE CHILDD N WED  CRUEL AND I DIDN'T HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE
           D
I WASN'T A JOCK, I WASN'T A BRAIN
     G
WE WED N'T WELL OFF AND MAMA COULDN'T EXPA IN
    D                   A               D
WHY NO ONE WOULD TAKE A POOR BOY TO THE DANCE


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  G     A    D               G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED  NEVER KIND
  G    A                    D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
  G   A   Bm       A         G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
  A                                D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD  YOU'D  IN MY PAST

  G     A    D               G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED  NEVER KIND
  G    A                    D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
  G   A   Bm       A         G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
  A                                D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD  YOU'D  IN MY PAST


D
SPOILED RICH KIDS FIND IT HARD TO EMBRACE
          G
WHEN THEY BUS BAC K KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE PACE 
      D                                              A
THE COUNTY TRIED TO PROVE THEIR SCHOOLS WED  ALL THE SAME
        D
OL' JIM CROW TRIED TO INTEGRATE
    G
BUT IN THE SOUTH IT'S HARD TO D A TE
     D                 A               D
WHEN GRANDPA USED THE "N" WORD WITH NO SHAME


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  G     A    D               G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED  NEVER KIND
  G    A                    D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
  G   A   Bm       A         G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
  A                                D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD  YOU'D  IN MY PAST

  G     A    D               G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED  NEVER KIND
  G    A                    D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
  G   A   Bm       A         G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
  A                                D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD  YOU'D  IN MY PAST