Biography:
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Born in the farming community of Niagara in Henderson County, Kentucky, Jones spent his teenage years in Akron, Ohio, where he began singing country music tunes on a radio show on WJW. In 1931, Jones joined the Pine Ridge String Band, which provided the musical accompaniment for the very popular Lum and Abner show.
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I've traveled o'er this country wide
D G
A- seekin' fortune fair
G
I've been down the two coast lines
D
I've traveled everywhere
C G
From Portland East to Portland West
D
And back along the line
G D G C
I'm goin' now to the place that's best
G D G
That old home town of mine.
[CHORUS]
G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
There's sure to be a girl somewhere
D G
That you like best of all
g
Mine lives down in Louisville
D
She's long and she is tall
C G
But she's the kind that you can't find
D
A ramblin' through the land
G D G C
I'm on my way this very day
G D G
To win her heart and hand.
[CHORUS]
G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
Now I can picture in my mind
D G
A place we'll call our home
g
A humble little hut for two
D
We'll never want to roam
C G
The place that's right for that love site
D
Is in those bluegrass hills
G D G C
Where gently flows the O-hi- o
G D G
By a place called Louis-ville.
I've traveled o'er this country wide
D G
A- seekin' fortune fair
G
I've been down the two coast lines
D
I've traveled everywhere
C G
From Portland East to Portland West
D
And back along the line
G D G C
I'm goin' now to the place that's best
G D G
That old home town of mine.
[CHORUS]
G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
There's sure to be a girl somewhere
D G
That you like best of all
g
Mine lives down in Louisville
D
She's long and she is tall
C G
But she's the kind that you can't find
D
A ramblin' through the land
G D G C
I'm on my way this very day
G D G
To win her heart and hand.
[CHORUS]
G
Eight more miles and Louisville
C G
Will come in to my view
G
Eight more miles on this old road
A D
And I 'll never more be blue
C G
I knew some day that I'd come back
D
I knew it from the start
G D G C
Eight more miles to Louisville
G D G
The home town of my heart.
G
Now I can picture in my mind
D G
A place we'll call our home
g
A humble little hut for two
D
We'll never want to roam
C G
The place that's right for that love site
D
Is in those bluegrass hills
G D G C
Where gently flows the O-hi- o
G D G
By a place called Louis-ville.
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