he Keeps the Home Fires Burning
By:  Ronnie Milsap

Key of G
Intro:  G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)	    C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Crack of dawn I hit the road, set my shoulders for the heavy load
	C (x32010@1)	 G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Coffee leaking through the paper sack
G (320003@1)		C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
The foreman says I'm late again, he can't stand it when I only grin
	    C (x32010@1)		    G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)GHe's (320003@1)got me eight hours, she's got me after that
  DI (xx0232@1)can't wait 'til it's quittin' time
DShe (xx0232@1)got something cookin' for me tonight.


Chorus
	      G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)   DShe (xx0232@1)keeps the homefires burning
		Am7 (x02010@1)    GWhile (320003@1)I'm out earning a living in a world
	C (x32010@1)     DThat's (xx0232@1)known for its pouring rain
	      G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)DShe (xx0232@1)keeps the homefires burning
	     Am7 (x02010@1)  D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Ooh and it's her warm loving that keeps me returning again

G C D G

G (320003@1)	C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Out of gas, just my luck, four bald tires on my pickup truck
	C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
No more credit on my credit card
GWhen (320003@1)I come home and hit that door I remember what these aching arms are
for
	 C (x32010@1)		G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C GShe's (320003@1)my one light when the world goes dark
DTomorrow (xx0232@1)it's the same old grind

But she'll be burning in my mind

chorus
Instrumental- G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)DChorus-only (xx0232@1)last two lines
chorus-all of it and fade out
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