Key:
Introduction: G D G C G D G
G D
I love fat back on mustard greens
C
Gobbled up an onion like a peach I've seen
G
Seen a pot of hot collards
D
Make a monkey out of full grown men
G D
John cakes bigger than a catcher's mitt
C
Butter on a biscuit and a plate of hot grits
G
Soak them in molasses and
D
Let them run on down your chin
C D
I'm hungry for home,
G
I've been gone to long
D
Feeling beat up and bent
G
I guess I'm pretty well spent
Em
I try to make my mark
G
Everywhere I roam
D
But I'm losing my spark
G
I'm hungry for home
G D
A Frito pie and a Nehi grape
C
Sure love leave you in a tip-top shape
G
Ain't nothing like sitting down eating
D
Keeps your hopes up high
G D
A pinto bean and a black-eyed pea
C
Boiled red cabbage and believe you me
G
A deviled egg and a chicken leg
D
Says you're never gonna ever say die
C D
I'm hungry for home,
G
I've been gone to long
D
Feeling beat up and bent
G
I guess I'm pretty well spent
Em
I try to make my mark
G
Everywhere I roam
D
But I'm losing my spark
G
I'm hungry for home
G D
Popcorn Shrimp, that ought to do
C
Next best thing to a catfish stew
G
You catch them in the river and
D
Cook them in the frying pan
G D
A Lemon Merigue on the windowsill
C
Sweet iced tea for to drink your fill
G
Papa come and get it
D
Better live it up while we can
C D
I'm hungry for home,
G
I've been gone to long
D
Feeling beat up and bent
G
I guess I'm pretty well spent
Em
I try to make my mark
G
Everywhere I roam
D
But I'm losing my spark
G
I'm hungry for home
G D
I'm hungry for home
G
I'm hungry for home
D G D
I'm hungry for home