Home (video)

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C

1. The only thing I see ahead

F G C

is just the heat a rising off the road.

C Am

The rainbows I've been chasing

F G C

keep on fading before I find my pot of gold.

F

And more and more I'm thinking,

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that the only treasures that I'll ever kno…….w

C G C

are long ago and far behind wrapped up in my memories of home.

F

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole,

C

and the feel of a muddy road between my toes.

F

Home was a back porch swing where I would sit

C G

and mom would sing Amazing Grace while she hung out the clothes.

F

Home was an easy chair with my daddy there

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and the smell of Sunday supper on the sto…...ve.

C G C

My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home.

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 2nd here) + G

C

2. Now the miles I put behind me

F G C

ain't as hard as the miles that lay ahead.

C Am

And it's way too late to listen to the

F G C

words of wisdom that my daddy said.

F

The straight and narrow path he showed me

C - Am

turned into a thousand winding roa….ds.

C G C

My footsteps carry me away, but in my mind I'm always going home.

F

Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole,

C

and the feel of a muddy road between my toes.

F

Home was a back porch swing where I would sit

C G

and mom would sing Amazing Grace while she hung out the clothes.

F

Home was an easy chair with my daddy there

C - Am

and the smell of Sunday supper on the sto…...ve.

C G C

My footsteps carry me away but in my mind I'm always going home.

F

+ The straight and narrow path he showed me

C - Am

turned into a thousand winding roa……ds.

C

My footsteps carry me away,

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but in my mind I'm always going home.

(orig. = capo 1st) (Joe Diffie)