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Old Home Place

Ralph Stanley
ChordsKeyACapoFret 2beginner

Chords in this song3

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Intro

G N.C.

Chorus

There's a place I long to be
A place that I call home
A place where I was born and raised
A place I call my own

Verse 1

Every night upon the porch
I hear the whip-poor-will
Singing to me the lonesome sound
Givin' me cold chills

Chorus

There's a place I long to be
A place that I call home
A place where I was born and raised
A place I call my own

Instrumental Break

G C D G (x2)

Verse 2

A barefoot boy that roamed the hill
So common and so plain
Tells his life just how it was
A story that never will change

Chorus

There's a place I long to be
A place that I call home
A place where I was born and raised
A place I call my own

Outro

D N.C.
A place I call my own

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