On My Way Back To The Old Home

Written by Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

     G              C
Back in the days of my childhood
       G                       D
In the evening when everything was still
  G                         C
I used to sit and listen to the fox hounds
        G      D       G
With my dad in the old Kentucky hills

Chorus

    G                 C
I’m on my way back to the old home,
That road winds on up the hill
    G                       C
But there’s no light in the window,
     G           D           G
That shined long ago where I lived

Verse 2

     G            C
Soon my childhood days were over
      G               D
I had to leave my old home
    G              C
For my mom and dad were called to heaven
      G       D              G
I was left in this world all alone

Verse 3

     G               C
High in the hills of old Kentucky
       G                      D
Stands the fondest part of my memory
    G                 C
I’m on my way back to the old home
     G            D        G
That light in the window I long to see