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Jim Reeves

Written by Roger Miller

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                         F          C
Well I've been a traveler most of my life
G7                             C
Never took a home never took a wife
F                             C
Ran away young and decided to roam
G7                                  C
Wanna see my mama and my daddy back home

Verse 2

F                         C
Home where the river runs cold
G7                                      C
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
F                     C
Home where trees grow tall
G7                                        C
The home fires burn and the whippoorwills call

Verse 3

F                                        C
I remember stories that my daddy used to tell
G7                                               C
My eyes would get big and his chest would really swell
F                                     C
I could sit for hours and listen with glee
G7                                                  C
As he'd tell of how he lived when he was a boy like me

Verse 2

F                         C
Home where the river runs cold
G7                                      C
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
F                     C
Home where trees grow tall
G7                                        C
The home fires burn and the whippoorwills call

Verse 4

F                                          C
Well mama dear mama do you still love your boy
G7                                         C
After all my roaming can I still bring you joy
F                                 C
Mom sent a letter got it not long ago
G7                                   C
She said come home I'm a missing you so

Verse 2

F                         C
Home where the river runs cold
G7                                      C
The water tastes good the winters ain't cold
F                     C
Home where trees grow tall
G7                                        C
The home fires burn and the whippoorwills call

Verse 5

G7            C    G7            C
Whippoorwills call whippoorwills call