The Old Home Place

**Chords:**
G  C  G  D  G

G                       C  
When I was a lad my daddy told me,  
G                          D  
“Son, you’ll never have to roam.”  
G                      C  
But I longed for the hills and the valleys,  
G                       D  
I longed for the old home place.  

G                      C  
I can see my mother in the kitchen,  
G                      D  
And the smell of the biscuits rise.  
G                    C  
I can hear the laughter of my brothers,  
G                      D  
And the sound of the old home place.  

G                          C  
Now the years have flown and I’m older,  
G                       D  
But my heart is still there at home.  
G                        C  
In my dreams I still hear the echoes,  
G                       D  
Of the love from the old home place.  

G                     C  
As I sit here and think of my childhood,  
G                     D  
All the memories come flooding back.  
G                       C  
I can see the trees, I can feel the breeze,  
G                       D  
I can smell the flowers in the old home place.