My little home in Tennessee
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intro = verse 1
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1. Every night I’m dreaming of my little home
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back
among the hills of Tennessee,
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and
I’m always lonely, longing to return
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to
the place that means the world to me.
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1a. Just a little shack, roof all turning black,
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still
it is a palace fair to me.
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Songbirds always singing round
the kitchen door
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in my little home in Tennessee.
+ instrumental = verse 1
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2. I can see my mother standing by the gate
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as I
drove the old horse up the lane.
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She would never scold me when
I’d get in late,
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how I
wish that I’d never caused her pain.
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2a. With her tender smile beaming all the
while,
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no one
could be so kind to me.
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Now she's gone to Heaven and
she'll never return
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to my
little home in Tennessee.
+ instrumental = verse 2
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3. I can still remember many years ago
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when
my sweetheart wandered by my side.
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Down among the mountains where
wild flowers grow,
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there
she promised she would be my bride.
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3a.Then another man won her heart and hand,
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then
I knew how much she meant to me.
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I was broken hearted and I went
away
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from
my little home in Tennessee.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Carter
Family)