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Version 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G D
Well, I've been a traveller most o' my life
A D
Never took a home, never took a wife
G D
Ran away young 'n decided to roam
D
Wanna see my mama and my daddy back home
[Chorus]
G D
Home, where the river run cold
A D
The water taste good, the winters ain't cold
G D
Home, where the trees grow tall
A D
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call
[Break]
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(shuwah, shuwah)
[Verse 2]
G D
I remember stories that my daddy used to tell
A D
My eyes would get big, his chest did really swell
G D
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
N.C. D
As he'd tell of how he lived, when he's a boy like me
[Chorus]
G D
Home, where the river run cold
A D
The water taste good, the winters ain't cold
G D
Home, where the trees grow tall
A D
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
D
Well, mama dear, mama do you still love your boy?
A D
After all my roamin' can I still bring you joy?
D
Mom sent a letter, got it not long ago
D
She said: "Come home, I'm a-missin' you so"
[Chorus]
G D
Home, where the river run cold
A D
The water taste good, the winters ain't cold
G D
Home, where the trees grow tall
A D
The home fires burn, the whippoorwills call
[Outro]
D
Whippoorwills call, whippoorwills call, whippoorwills call