Ronnie Milsap – Home Fires Burning (Ukulele)

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he Keeps the Home Fires Burning By: Ronnie Milsap Key of F Intro: F F G F F G
F			    F F
Crack of dawn I hit the road, set my shoulders for the heavy load

	F			 F  F F
Coffee leaking through the paper sack

F				F F
The foreman says I'm late again, he can't stand it when I only grin

	    F				    F   F  F
He's got me eight hours, she's got me after that

  G
I can't wait 'til it's quittin' time

G
She got something cookin' for me tonight.
Chorus
	      F	  F     G
She keeps the homefires burning

		Dm7		    F
While I'm out earning a living in a world

	F		     G
That's known for its pouring rain

	      F   F	 G
She keeps the homefires burning

	     Dm7		  G		     F   F F
Ooh and it's her warm loving that keeps me returning again
F F G F
F			F F
Out of gas, just my luck, four bald tires on my pickup truck

	F		    F   F F
No more credit on my credit card

F
When I come home and hit that door I remember what these aching arms are
for
	 F				F F F
She's my one light when the world goes dark

G
Tomorrow it's the same old grind
But she'll be burning in my mind chorus
Instrumental- F  F  G  F  F  F  G
Chorus-only last two lines
chorus-all of it and fade out