Hickory Wind
The Byrds (Parsons/Buchanan, 1968)


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Intro
| [D7] | [D7] | [C] | [C] |
| [G]   | [G]   | [G]

In | [G] South Caro- | [D] lina | [D] |
| [C] .. There are | many tall | [G] pines | [G] | [G]  
I re- | [G] member the | [D] oak tree | [D] |   
| [C] .. That | [C] we used to | [D] climb | [D] | [D7]  
But | [D7] now when I'm | [C] lonesome | [C] |   
| [D] .. I | always pre- | [G] tend | [G] | [G]  
That I'm | [G] getting the | [C] feel | [C] |   
| [D] .. Of | [D] hickory | [G] wind | [C] | [G]  

I've | [G] started out | [D] younger | [D] |   
| [C] .. Had | most every- | [G] thing | [G] | [G]  
All the | [G] riches and | [D] pleasures | [D] |   
| [C] .. What | else can life | [D] bring? | [D] | [D7]  
But it | [D7] makes me feel | [C] better | [C] |   
| [D] .. Each | time it be- | [G] gins | [G] | [G] |   
| [G] Callin' me | [C] home   | [C] |   
| [D] ... | Hickory | [G] wind | [C] | [G] | [G] |   

Instrumental
| [D7] | [D7] | [C] | [C] |
| [G]   | [G]   | [G]  

It's a | [G] hard way to | [D] find out | [D] |   
| [C] .. That | trouble is | [G] real | [G] | [G]  
In a | [G] far away | [D] city | [D] |   
| [C] .. With a | far away | [D] feel | [D] | [D7]  
But it | [D7] makes me feel | [C] better | [C] |   
| [D] .. Each | time it be- | [G] gins | [G] | [G] |   
| [G] Callin' me | [C] home | [C] |   
| [D] ... | [D] Hickory | [G] wind | [C] | [G]  
Keeps | [G] callin' me | [C] home | [C] |   
| [D] ... | [D] Hickory | [G] wind | [C] | [G!]  

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#Last Updated 12/12/22 JJ
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