The Hills That I Call Home

Key of A · Chords: I IV V vi

Verse 1

      A    E    A
I was born upon a hillside
          D                 A
Where the pines sing in the wind
         A     F#m
Where my daddy lived before me
       E       A
And my grandpa before him

Verse 2

   A       E  A
We believe in simple livin’
         D            A
It’s the only life we know
       A            F#m
All we need here is our freedom
      E                 A
And a place to call our own

Verse 3

       D             A
In the land of Ethan Allen
          E            A
Where the sugar maples grow
          A                    F#m
Where the wild grass fills the meadows
        E     F#m
And the rocky rivers flow
        E            A
Lie the hills that I call home

Verse 4

           A        E     A
Now I have traveled cross the country
             D                A
And there is much that I have learned
        A             F#m
Still I felt no peace inside me
         E          A
Till the day that I returned

Verse 5

             A   E          A
For there’re two things you can count on
        D                 A
In this troubled world we face
      A             F#m
Every season has an ending
      E            A
Every person has a place