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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]
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Whippoorwills call,  whippoorwills call,  whippoorwills call