Hungry for Home chords by Rodney Crowell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
I love  (C major) fat back
G 
 (G major) on mustard greens
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F 
Gobbled  (C major) up an onion like a peach  (F major) I've seen
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A  (C major) pot of hot collards make a monkey
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out of full- grown  (G major) men
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G 
John  (C major) cake's bigger  (G major) than
a catcher's mitt
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 (C major) Butter on a biscuit and a  (F major) plate of hot grits
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Soak  (C major) them in molasses,
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let 'em run  (G major) on down your chin
C 
 (C major) 

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Verse 2
G 
I'm hungry for  (G major) home
C 
I've been gone  (C major) too long
G 
Been beat up and  (G major) bent
C 
Feeling  (C major) pretty much spent
Am 
I try to make my mark  (A minor) 
C 
Everywhere I roam  (C major) 
G 
But I'm losing my spark  (G major) 
C 
I'm hungry for  (C major) home

Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
A Frito pie and a  (G major) Nehi grape
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F 
Sure  (C major) love leave you in a tip-  (F major) top shape
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C 
 (G major) Ain't nothing  (C major) like sitting down eating,
G 
keeps your hopes up  (G major) high
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G 
A pinto  (C major) bean and a black-  (G major) eyed pea
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 (C major) Boiled red cabbage  (F major) and believe you me
C 
 (C major) A deviled egg and a chicken leg,
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says you're  (G major) never gonna ever say "die"
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4
G 
I'm hungry for  (G major) home
C 
Been gone  (C major) too long
G 
Feeling beat up and  (G major) bent
C 
I guess I'm pretty  (C major) much spent
Am 
I try to make my mark  (A minor) 
C 
Everywhere I roam  (C major) 
G 
But I'm losing my spark  (G major) 
C 
I'm hungry for  (C major) home

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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G 
 (C major) Popcorn Shrimp, yeah,  (G major) that ought to do
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F 
Next  (C major) best thing to a catfish  (F major) stew
C 
G 
C 
You  (C major) catch them  (G major) in the river  (C major) and
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cook them in the frying pan  (G major) 
C 
G 
A Lemon  (C major) Meringue  (G major) on the windowsill
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F 
Sweet  (C major) iced tea for to drink  (F major) your fill
C 
G 
 (C major) Papa, come  (G major) and get it,
better leave it up while we can
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 6
G 
I'm hungry for  (G major) home
C 
Been  (C major) gone too long
G 
Been beat up and  (G major) bent
C 
Feeling pretty well  (C major) spent
Am 
I try to make my mark  (A minor) 
C 
Everywhere I  (C major) roam
G 
But I'm losing  (G major) my spark
C 
I'm hungry for  (C major) home
F 
C 
G 
 (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 

Verse 7
C 
F 
C 
G 
I'm hungry for home  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
F 
C 
G 
I'm hungry for home  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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F 
C 
G 
I'm hungry for home  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
I'm hungry for  (C major) home