Easy camp-fire version
Verse 1
G C
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
G D
Where the deer and the antelope play
G C
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Chorus:
D G
Home home on the range
D
Where the deer and the antelope play
G C
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Verse 2
G C
The Red Man was pressed from this part of the west
G D
It's not likely he'll ever return
G C
To the banks of Red River where seldom if ever
G D G
His flickering campfires still burn
Repeat chorus
D G
Home home on the range
D
Where the deer and the antelope play
G C
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Verse 3
G C
How often at night when the heavens are bright
G D
With the light from the glittering stars
G C
Have I stood there amazed and asked as I gazed
G D G
If their glory exceeds that of ours
Repeat chorus
D G
Home home on the range
D
Where the deer and the antelope play
G C
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day
Verse 4
G C
Oh give me a land where the bright diamond sand
G D
Flows leisurely down the stream
G C
Where the graceful white swan goes gliding along
G D G
Like a maid in a heavenly dream
Repeat chorus
D G
Home home on the range
D
Where the deer and the antelope play
G C
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day
G D G
And the skies are not cloudy all day