Intro - Verse: Clay listen close to what your brother says My momma stood awaitin' by the door While daddy he was way off in the woods He never saw his boy alive no more Verse: When Clay and Ottie came to work in Cleveland It was hard to find a job in thirty-two Then Ottie came down sick and Clay was helpless To stop his greatest fear from comin' true Chorus: Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show It'll never be the same to me no more Break: Verse chords Verse: Now livin' on the farm was all we knew And in my mind I see the home place still But they said they'd raher sell and go to rentin' Than leave poor Ottie in some potter's field Verse: My daddy never owned another farm And he grew to be an old and bitter man While momma stares off down the gravel road She can still see Ottie stop and wave again Chorus: Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show Home is all I have left in this world to hold on to But now they've let it go and I've nothin' left to show It'll never be the same to me no more It'll never be the same to me no more End with
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