Chords for Ricky Skaggs -- The Fields Of Home

[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ I remember how [C] I'd cuss
[Bb] The taste of that [G] old hillside dust
[F] And the hot July sun
That burned [C] my back
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[F] _ As I walked between [C] the rows
[Bb] I dreamed of [G] places that I'd go _
[F] Far away [C] from the [F] fields of home
A _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _
[F] _ young man longs to get [C] away
[Bb] And I told Dad [G] I would someday
And I [F] remember how I laughed at his [C] reply
He _ _ _ _
[F] _ said, son, someday [C] along
[Bb] Against this ground [G] you're standing on
When [F] there's miles between [C] you and the [F]
fields of home _ _ _ _ _
[E] I left before I turned eighteen _
[F] I set out [D] to do big things
[Gm] I didn't write [C] or call
I thought [F] I knew it all
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
[E] For a while I lived it up
[F] When I got [D] down on my luck
[Gm] I started [F] _ [Bb] longing for [C] the fields [F] of home
About [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ twenty years have slipped [C] away
[Bb] And I went back [G] the other day
And [F] I found the weeds had taken _ [C] Daddy's phone _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I looked for Jean's old grocery [C] store
[Bb] The road don't run [G] by there no more
And [F] I didn't [C] recognize the fields [F] of home _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I left before I turned eighteen
[F] I set out [D] to do big _ [Gm] things
I didn't write [C] or call
I thought [Bb] I [F] knew it [Bb] all
[F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
[E] Can't believe how things have changed
[F] They won't [D] ever be the same
Lord [Gm] I wish [F] I'd [Bb] never left [C] the fields [F] of home
_ _ _ Oh [Gm] tonight [F] I [Bb] long to [C] walk the fields of _ _ [F] home
[Gm] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
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