Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Oh Lord if I could just go home I'd
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do things different from now on
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gray in my old daddy's hair
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Oh Lord if I could just go home
Verse 2
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I know it wasn't daddy's fault that mama
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died when I was just a kid
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right was all he ever did
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And I know he'd love mama a lot longer than I
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had and he was every bit as alone
But I don't guess I'd helped
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too much to build a happy home
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the way mama had always done
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And he was always sorry he had to work so hard
Verse 3
and he never had much time for fun
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He knew I missed mama a lot
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And maybe he was easier on me
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than he should have been
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turn out to be much a man
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I thought I was a real hard stuff
Verse 4
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Well I'm looking out at a different
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set of bars now
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And that little window don't
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You see I got roarin' drinkin' mad one
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night and I killed the man in a fight
Verse 5
home the other day
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Saying dad had a stroke and
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Well if I had done right I'd be there now to help
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him and God you know I would
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F#
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of love that he gave me
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA B E G F#
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