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Version 1[Intro] | D | D | D | [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] | D | D | D | D | (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] | D | D | D | D | [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] D Whippoorwills call, whippoorwills call, whippoorwills call