Eight More Miles To Louisville
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Eight More Miles To Louisville
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Chord Chart
A
G
D
G
C
G
D
GG
G
D
G
C
GG
DD
CC
GG
GG
DD
G
D
G
C
G
D
GG
B
GG
GG
CC
GG
GG
GG
A7A7
DD
CC
GG
GG
DD
G
D
G
C
G
D
GG
Chords used:
A7
C
D
G
Lyrics
I've traveled o'er this country wide seeking fortune fair
Up and down the two coast lines I've traveled everywhere
From Portland East to Portland West back along the line
I'm going now to the place that's best that old hometown of mine
Eight more miles and Louisville will come into my view
Eight more miles on this old road and I'll never more be blue
I knew some day that I'd come back I knew it from the start
Eight more miles to Louisville the hometown of my heart
There's bound to be a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine lives down in Louisville she's long and she is tall
But she's the kind that you can't find a traveling through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand
Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little hut for two we'll never want to roam
The place that's right for that love sight is in those bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called LouisvilleDemo Videos
Sam Bush - "Eight More Miles to Louisville"
Country Road TV
Billy Strings w/ Rob McCoury ‘’Eight More Miles to Louisville’’ 2/26/23 Ryman Auditorium Nashville
Ohio Grown Live Music Archive
Eight More Miles to Louisville - Jack Lawrence - Acoustic Music Camp
Rusty Shackleford
Long Jon (Dierks Bentley), "Eight More Miles To Louisville" at The Station Inn, January 3, 2023
Robert Stapleton
About This Song
Eight More Miles To Louisville is a traditional country song popularized by Grandpa Jones in the 1950s that became a bluegrass standard. It tells the story of a weary traveler making his way home, with its distinctive minor-feel A7 chord giving it a lonesome, rambling quality that captures the essence of old-time country music.