She Keeps The Home Fires Burning Chords

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She Keeps The Home Fires Burning by Ronnie Milsap is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Crack of dawn I hit the road  set my shoulders for the heavy load 

       C                         G 
Coffee leaking through the paper sack 

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

            C                              G 
He's got me eight hours she's got me after that 

  D7 
I can't wait 'til it's quitting time 

  
She got something cooking for me tonight 

  
              G    C     D7 
She keeps the home fires burning 

          Am                        G 
While I'm out earning a living in a world 

       C                     D7 
That's known for its pouring rain 

              G    C     D7 
She keeps the home fires burning 

             Am       D7          C                  G 
Ooh and it's her warm loving that keeps me returning again 

  
          
Out of gas just my luck four bald tires on my pickup truck 

        C                   G 
No more credit on my credit card 

        
When I come home and hit that door I remember what 
  
      
These aching arms are for 

         C                             G 
She's my one light when the world goes dark 

D7 
Tomorrow it's the same old grind 


But she'll be burning in my mind 


              G    C     D7 
She keeps the home fires burning 

          Am                        G 
While I'm out earning a living in a world 

       C                     D7 
That's known for its pouring rain 

              G    C     D7 
She keeps the home fires burning 

             Am       D7          C                  G 
Ooh and it's her warm loving that keeps me returning again 
    	

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