Key: D
Introduction:
D D6 D7 D D6 D7
Free and easy, that's my style
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Howdydo me, watch me smile,
G G6 G7 G G6 G7
But fare-the-well me after a while
D9 A7 Fº B7
'Cause I gotta roam,
G G/F# Em7 Cº A7 Cº G Em7 D D6
And any place I hang my hat is home.
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Sweetenin' water, cherry wine
D D6 D7 D D6 D7
Thank you kindly, suits me fine.
G G6 G7 G G6 G7
Kansas City, Caroline,
D9 A7 Fº B7
That's my honeycomb
G G/F# Em7 Cº A7 Cº G Em7 D D6 D7
'Cause any place I hang my hat is home.
Dm7 Bb Dm7 Bb
Birds roostin' in a tree,
C G C A7
Pick up and go, and the goin' proves
Dm7 Gm7
That's how it oughta to be
B7 Fm A7
I pick up, too, when the spirit moves me.
D D6 D7 D D6 D7
Cross the river, 'round the bend,
D D6 D7 D D6 D7
"Hello stranger!" "So long friend!"
G G6 G7 G G6 G7
There's a voice in the lonesome wind
D9 A7 Fº B7
That keeps whisp'ring, "Roam!"
A7 Em7 G A7
I'm going where a welcome mat is,
Em7 G/B A7
No matter where that is,
G G/F# Em7 Cº A7 Cº G Em7 D D6
'Cause any place I hang my hat is home