Calling My Children Home chords by Emmylou Harris

Chords with lyrics

(Doyle Lawson/Charles Waller/Robert Yates)

(Verse 1)

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Those lives were mine to love and cherish.
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To guard and guide along life's way.
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Oh God forbid that one should perish.
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That one alas should go astray.

(Verse 2)
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Back in the years with all together,
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Around the place we'd romp and play.
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So lonely now and oft' times wonder,
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Oh will they come back home some day.

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I'm lonesome for my precious children,
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They live so far away.
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Oh may they hear my calling... Calling..
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And come back home some day.

(Verse 3)

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I gave my all for my dear children,
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Their problems still with love I share,
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I'd brave life's storm, defy the tempest
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To bring them home from anywhere.

(Verse 4)

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I lived my life my love I gave them,
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To guide them through this world of strife,
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I hope and pray we'll live together,
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In that great glad here after life.

(Chorus)

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I'm lonesome for my precious children,
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They live so far away.
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