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[Verse 1]
Bb
I've got kinfolks in Carolina
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That's the place to find my family tree
        D                                Gm
They're scattered from a little north of Georgia
C                                 F7
To a little bit east of East Tennessee
              Bb
But there's a little gal on top of Old Smoky
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And she really ain't no kin to me at all
Eb
But I'm gonna buy her a wedding ring
    F                      G7
And get me a ticket on the New River train
    C7                  F                 Bb
And make her my closest kin, folks, after all

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[Verse 2]
Bb
I've got kinfolks in Carolina
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Aunt Mollie lives Raleigh NC
         D                             Gm
I've got cousins by the dozens down in Charlotte
       C                             F
And my grandpa fought with Robert E. Lee
              Bb
But there's a little lump of sugar up in Ashville
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With a soothin' sort of a little southern drawl
Eb
I'll tie the knot with my southern belle
    F                         G7
And tell all the world with a rebel yell
       C7            F                 Bb
She'll be my closest kin, folks, after all

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Eb
Well I'm gonna buy her a wedding ring
        F                  G7
And get me a ticket on the New River train
    C7                  F                 Bb
And make her my closest kin, folks, after all