Capo 1 
 
Intro: C G D (x2) 


G
Here we go again 
     C       G
On this telephone line 
G                 D    G
Everytime we talk I always end up cryin 
G                    C     G
You're always telling me about what I'm missing 
G                   D      G
If I came back there I'd only end up wishing 
 
 
   D           C      G
Mama I can come home but I can't stay long 
   D                   C     G
Gotta make a little money tryin to sing my song 
 D                   C       G
My heart's still there even though I'm gone 
    Em               D             C    G  D
I've put my roots deep in the ground of that tiny town 
 
 
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G             C           G
I can remember all the things you've said 
G                    D    G
I hear your sweet voice talking in my head 
G                    C         G
I'm a Mississippi girl, no I won't forget it 
G                          D         G
But if I don't stay here I know I'm gonna to regret it 
 
 
   D           C      G
Mama I can come home but I can't stay long 
   D                   C      G
Gotta make a little money tryin' to sing my song 
 D                 C       G
My hearts still there even though I'm gone 
    Em               D             C   G  D
I've put my roots deep in the ground of that tiny town  
 
 
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  Am              G      D
I feel your arms around me like it's yesterday 
        Am           G             D
I'm still daddy's little girl and I wont go away 
  Am          G          D               Am
You know that I'm a dreamer and I've got to do this, gotta do this 
  C
But know that I wish 
 

    D
That I could come home  
     C         G
I just can't stay long 
   D                   C      G
Gotta make a little money tryin' to sing my songs 
 D                 C       G
My hearts still there even though I'm gone 
  Em               D
I put my roots deep in the ground 
         C    G D
Of that tiny town 
         C    G D
Of that tiny town 
         C    G D
Of that tiny town 
 
 
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