Cherokee Rose

G F C G G F C G G F I'm surrounded by the bright lights of this city C G It's an endless stir of lights and sound G F And I'm taken back to those quiet mountain times C G Where it was her and no one else around G F And Cherokee Roses don't grow in New York C G Like they do in the hills of Carolina G F So I'm headed home and searching every back road C G Till I find ya G F Cause I need your love you got my heart and soul C G And I can't rest till I find G F C G my Cherokee Rose G F Tears filled her eyes when she begged me to stay C G Oh but I just had to go G F I said there's a whole world of things I've never seen C G Oh but how was I supposed to know G F That Cherokee Roses don't grow in New York C G Like they do in the hills of Carolina G F So I'm headed home and searching every back road C G Till I find ya G F Cause I need your love you got my heart and soul C G And I can't rest till I find G F C G my Cherokee Rose G F Up in these blue ridge mountains I can see for miles around C G But not a trace of her is found G F 'Cause Cherokee Roses don't grow in New York C G Like they do in the hills of Carolina G F So I'm headed home and searching every back road C G Till I find ya G F Cause I need your love you got my heart and soul C G And I can't rest till I find G F C G my Cherokee Rose C G my Cherokee Rose G F C G