Home chords by Jim Reeves, Roger Miller

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Verse 1
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Well, I've been a traveler
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most of my life
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Never took a home, never took a wife
Ran away young, decided to roam
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Wanna see my mama and my
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daddy back home
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Home where the river runs cold
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The water tastes good,
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the winters ain't cold
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Home where the trees grow tall
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The home fires burn,
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the whippoorwills call
I remember stories that my
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daddy used to tell
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My eyes would get big,
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his chest would really swell
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I could sit for hours and listen with glee
As he'd tell of how he lived
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when he's a boy like me
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Home, where the river runs cold
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The water tastes good,
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the winters ain't cold
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Home, where the trees grow tall
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The home fires burn,
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the winter winds call
Well, mama, dear mama,
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do you still love your boy?
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After all my roaming,
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can I still bring you joy?
Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago
She said, come home,
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I'm a -missin' you so
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Home where the river runs cold
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The water tastes good,
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the winters ain't cold
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Home where the trees grow tall
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The home fires burn,
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the whip -poor -will's called
Whip -poor -will's called
Whip -poor -will's called
Whip -poor -will's called