[1] I've traveled [5] o'er this [1] country [4] wide [1] seeking [5] fortune [1] fair
Up and [5] down [1] both coast-[4]-lines, I've [1] traveled every-[5]-where
From [4] Portland East to [1] Portland West and all along the [5] line
I'm [1] going [5] now to [1] the place that's [4] best, that [1] old home-[5]-town of [1] mine

Oh, eight more miles and Louisville will [4] come into my [1] view
Eight more miles on this old road and I'll [2maj] never more be [5] blue
I [4] knew someday that [1] I'd come back, I knew it from the [5] start
[1] Eight more [5] miles to [1] Louis-[4]-ville, the [1] hometown [5] of my [1] heart

Now you might have a gal somewhere that you like best of all
Mine comes down from Louisville, she's little and she's small
She's the kind you just can't find a-ramblin' through the land
I'm on my way this very day to win her heart and hand

I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home
A humble little plot for two, we'll never have to roam
A place that's fine for that love sign is in them bluegrass hills
Where gently flows the Ohio by a place called Louisville