Verse 1:

(D)The only the thing I see ahead is

(G) just the heat (A)a rising off the(D) road

(D)The rainbows I've been chasing keep on

(G)fading before I (A) find my pot of (D)gold
   
(G)But more and more I'm thinking, that the only treasures

(A)that I'll ever (D)kno(G)ow
   
(D)Are long ago and far behind and (A)wrapped up in my

(G)memories o
f (D)home


Chorus:
                        
(G)Home was a swimming hole and a fishing pole

and the feel of a muddy row between my (D)toes

(G)Home was a back porch swing where I would sit

and mom would sing(D) amazing grace 

While she hung out the (A)clothes,

(G)Home was an easy chair with my daddy there

and the smell of Sunday supper on the (D)sto-(G)ve

(D)My footsteps carry me away but (A)in my mind I'm

(G)always going (D)home


Verse 2:

(D)Now the miles I put behind me ain't as

(G)h
ard as the (A)miles that lay(D) ahead

(D)And its much to late to listen to the

(G)words of wisdom (A)that my daddy(D) said

(G)The straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a

(A)thousand winding (D)ro-(G)oads,

(D)My footsteps carry me away, but (A)in my mind I'm

(G)always going (D)home.


Repeat Chorus (then add)


(G)Yeah, the straight and narrow path he showed me turned into a 

(A)thousand winding (D)ro-(G)oads,

(D)My footsteps carry me away, but (A)in my mind I'm 


(G)always going (D)home.