My Idaho Home
Written and performed by Ronee Blakley for the film Nashville.
Chords transcribed by prrulz.
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Momma and Daddy raised me with love and care
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They sacrificed, so I could have a better share
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They fed me and nursed me and sent me to school
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Momma taught me how to sing, Daddy lived the Golden Rules
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When I think of the people alone and afraid
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Abandoned in wild like a fatherless child
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I think of my Momma and how she could sing
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In harmony with my Daddy, our laughter would ring.
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Down the highway, on the beaches
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Just as far as memory reaches
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I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs
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We'd laugh and count horses as we rode along.
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We were young then, we were together
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We could bear floods and fire and bad weather
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And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
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I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.
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Momma grew up on the prairies of Kansas
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She was tender and sweet.
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The dust and tornadoes blew round her
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But they left her straight up on her feet.
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My Daddy grew up on his own, more or less
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His Momma died when he was just eleven.
He had seven sisters to raise him.
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But he dreamed of his Momma in heaven.
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His Daddy drank whiskey and had a sharp eye.
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He sold chicken medicine farmers would buy.
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Together they hunted the fields and the farms
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When his daddy died, my Daddy rested in my Momma's arms.
(chorus)
Eb F
Down the highway, on the beaches
Bb Eb
Just as far as memory reaches
Bb F
I still hear Daddy singin' his old Army songs
F Bb
We'd laugh and count horses as we rode along.
F Bb
We were young then, we were together
F Bb
We could bear floods and fire and bad weather
Bb
And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
F Bb
I still love Momma and Daddy best in my Idaho home.
Bb
And now that I'm older, grown up on my own
F Bb
I still love my Mom and Daddy best in my Idaho home.