Old Folks At Home chords by Vernon Dalhart

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Verse 1
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 (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) It
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 (D major) must have been an ill wind
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that  (G major) blowed me away,
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 (D major) Far from the old folks at home.  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) I   (D major) ain't met with nothin' but  (G major) tears
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since the  (D major) day  (C sharp major) I    (A major) left the  (D major) old
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folks at  (A major) home.  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E major) Ab sent  (E minor) sure has made my
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heart grow  (D major) fonder (E flatdim)  (A major) 
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of the  (D major) dear ones I live all  (A major) alone.
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All my  (E minor) thoughts go wandering back (A major) 
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to  (D major) an ivy -colored shack.
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She's a  (A major) lonesome
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for the old  (D major) folks at home.
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Seems  (E minor) I miss her, how d 'ye do,
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of  (A major) the  (D major) dear old friends I knew,
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and the sweet tenderness  (A major) of  (B major) one caress
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 (D major) I'm missing too.
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 (A major) There's a little candlelight
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in the window every  (D major) night
that is burning just for me,
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and a  (B major) heart that I can fill
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with a happy little thrill when I  (E major) whisper,
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Here  (A major) I'll here's a  (E minor) little mother's  (A major) prayer,
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 (D major) will be answered when I'm there.
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 (B major) Where I should have  (D major) stayed,
all the years I strayed
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from  (A major) the old folks at  (D major) home.  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) I  (D major) hear that gentle voice,
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there's a  (G major) -call (D major) in' to me.
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Come to the old  (A major) folks at  (D major) home.  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) Soak  (D major) me off to Dixie
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and  (G major) just let me  (D major) be there  (C sharp major) 
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 (A major) with the  (D major) old folks at home.  (C sharp major) 
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 (F sharp minor) I'll  (D major) take  (E minor) back a little present  (D major) for  (E flatdim) them,
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 (A major) just  (D major) a promise never more  (A major) to roam.
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All my  (E minor) thoughts go wandering back (A major) 
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to an  (D major) ivy -colored jack.
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She's a  (A major) lonesome
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for the old folks at  (D major) home.
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Seems  (E minor) a mister howdy -do
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of  (A major) the  (D major) dear old friends I knew,
And the sweet tenderness
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 (A major) of  (B major) ones I rest  (D major) are  (E major) missing too.
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 (A major) There's  (D major) a little candle (A major) light in
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the window every  (D major) night
that is burning just for me.
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And a  (E minor) heart that I can  (B major) fill
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with a happy little thrill when I  (E major) whisper,
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here I  (A major) be.
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Say the  (E minor) little mother's prayer
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 (A major) will be  (D major) answered when I'm  (B major) there.
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Where I should have  (D major) stayed
all the years I strayed
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from  (A major) the old folks at  (D major) home.
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