Calling My Children Home Chords by Emmylou Harris

[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Those lives were _ mine to love and _ _ cherish, to guard and _ guide along _ [A] life's way. _ _
[Em] O [D] God forbid _ _ _ that one should _ _ perish, [Em] _
that [D] one at last should go _ _ astray. _ _
_ [G] Back in the _ _ years we've gone _ [Bm] together, _
_ [G] _ _ around the place _ _ we've [A] brought them play.
_ [G] So _ lonely _
[Bm] _ now, _ [G] I oft times wonder, _ _ oh [D] will they _ _ come [G] back home someday?
[D] _ _ _ _ I am _ lonesome for [G] _
my precious _ children, [D] _ _
they live so _ _ _ far [A] _ _ _ away. _
_ _ _ [G] Oh may _ they _ _ _ _ _ hear _ _ [D] my _ _ _ cry, _ _ _ _ _ _ callin' _ and come [A] back _ _ [D] home _ _ _ someday.
_ _ _ _ _ I gave my _ all [G] for my dear children, _ their _ problems [D] _ _ still with love I [A] share.
_ _ [D] _ I'd brave life's _ _ storm, defy the _ tempest, to bring _ [A] them home [D] from _ _ anywhere. _ _ _ _
I live my _ _ life, my [G] love I [D] give, _ to [G#] guide them [D] through _ this world [F#m] of _ strife.
_ [F] _ I hope [G] and _ pray _ _ we'll live _ _ [Bm] together, _ _ in that [A]
great _ _ [G] land here _ after _ [D] _ life.
_ _ [G] _
I'm _ lonesome [D] for _ my precious _ children, _ they [G] live [D] so _ _ _ far _ _ [A] _ _
away.
_ _ [Bm] Oh may _ they _ _ _ _ _ hear _ my _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] callin', [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ callin' _ [Em] and [F#m] come _ back _ home _ [D] _ _
_ _ someday. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Nice singing, boy.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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It's a song _ written by Julie