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Version 1
Expriment with both barre positions for many chords to make the song easier to play.
For example, Cm on the 3rd fret and the 8th fret are both useful in playing this song, depending on the
previous or next chord. Another method that makes it much easier is transposing it down 1 semitone and
putting a capo on the 1st fret. Enjoy!
Chord Key - EADGBe
Fm6 - XX0111
Dm7b5 - X5656X
Fsus4 - 113311 or X33366
Abmaj9 - XX7697
Ddim - X5676X
Cm6 - XX7888
Gmaj9 - 7(10)7777
[A Part]
Eb Fm7 Eb Ab Eb
Home no more home to me, whither must I wan-der?
Fm7 Cm Fm6 Cm Fm7 Bb
Hunger my dri-ver, I go where I must
Cm Ab Bb7 Eb Fm6 Eb Bb Cm7 Ebsus4 Eb
Cold blows the winter wi-nd o - ver hill and hea - ther:
Fm7 Cm Fm6 Cm Dm7b5 Cm
Thick drives the rain and my roof is in the dust
[B Part]
Gm Fm6 Cm G Cm
Loved of wise men was the shade of my roof-tree
Eb Ab Cm Bb Fsus4 F Bb
The true word of welcome was spo-ken in the door—
Cm Bb Ab Bb7 Eb Fm6 Eb Bb Cm7 Ebsus4 Eb
Dear days of old with the fa-ces in the fire-light
Fm7 Cm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Cm
Kind folks of old, you come a-gain no more
[A Part]
Eb Fm6 Eb Ab Eb
Home was home then, my dear, full of kindly fa-ces
Fm7 Cm Fm6 Cm Fm7 Bb
Home was home then, my dear, hap-py for the child
Cm Ab Bb7 Eb Fm6 Eb Bb Cm7 Ebsus4 Eb
Fire and the windows bri-ight glit-tered on the moorland;
Fm7 Cm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Cm
Song, tuneful song, built a palace in the wild
[B Part]
Gm Fm6 Cm G Cm
Now when day dawns on the brow of the moorland
Eb Ab Cm Bb Fsus4 Bb
Lone stands the house, and the chim-ney-stone is cold
Cm Bb Ab Bb7 Eb Fm6 Eb Bb Cm7 Ebsus4
Lone let it stand, now the friends are all de-part-ed
Eb Fm7 Cm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Cm
The kind hearts, the true hearts, that loved the place of old
[A Part]
Eb Abmaj9 Eb
Spring shall come, come again, calling up the moorfowl
Eb Cm7 Ddim Eb Gsus4 or G7
Spring shall bring the sun and ra - in, bring the bees and flowers;
Cm Cm Bb Cm7 Eb
Red shall the heather bloom over hill and val-ley
Fm Cm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Cm Cm6
Soft flow the stream through the even-flowing hours
[B Part]
Gm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Eb Gmaj9 Cm
Fair the day shine as it shone on my child-hood—
Eb Ab Cm Bb Fsus4 Bb
Fair shine the day on the house with o-pen door;
Cm Ab Bb7 Eb Fm6 Eb Bb Cm7 Ebsus4
Birds come and cry there and twit-ter in the chim-ney—
Eb Fm Cm Fm Cm Dm7b5 Cm
But I go for e - ver and come a-gain no more