2000 Johnsmith, Blue Pine Music / Buddy Mondlock, Major Bob Music (ASCAP) Capo I tune low E to D Intro: G / D / A4 / Bm / G/A/D/D/ Bm A4 D/Fis 1. Setting out on this journey G D I packed up my regrets Bm A4 G Now I sit here in this shelter A4 Bm Seems I don't have many left G D So I'm writing you this letter A4 Bm On this rainy April day G D A4 Bm You said your heart needed some distance G A4 D So I walked away CHORUS: A4 D D G D I would gladly walk from Georgia, all the way to Maine G D/Fis I would cross the creeks and the mountain peaks Bm A4 Whispering your name G D/Fis If you asked me I would do this G D/Fis A4 I would go and not complain G D A4 Bm But this walk's for me, to find my peace G A4 D In the Appalachian rain Bm A4 D/Fis 2. Looking out on the Blue Ridge G D I pulled a pebble from my shoe Bm A4 G I threw it down into the valley A4 Bm Then I sat and thought of you G D I wish somehow it was that easy A4 Bm To just let go of all the pain G D A4 Bm But it's not, so I keep walkin' G A4 D In the Appalachian Rain CHORUS Bridge: A4 A4 You could meet me at Katahdin Bm Bm On that clear September day G D/Fis But if you're not there where the trail ends, G A4 I'll still be okay CHORUS