Calling My Children Home Chords & Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

[VERSE 1]

[D]Those lives were mine to love and cherish.
To guard and guide along life's w[A]ay.
Oh God for[D]bid that one should perish.
That one alas should go as[A]tray.

[VERSE 2]
[D]Back in the years with all together,
Around the place we'd romp and p[A]lay.
So lonely n[D]ow and oft' times wonder,
Oh will they [A]come back home some d[D]ay.

[CHORUS]

[D]I'm lonesome for my precious children,
They live so far [A]away.
Oh may they h[D]ear my calling... Calling..
And come back h[A]ome some d[D]ay.

[VERSE 3]

[D]I gave my all for my dear children,
Their problems still with love I s[A]hare,
I'd brave life's st[D]orm, defy the tempest
To bring them h[A]ome from anywh[D]ere.

[VERSE 4]

[D]I lived my life my love I gave them,
To guide them through this world of st[A]rife,
I hope and p[D]ray we'll live together,
In that great g[A]lad here after l[D]ife.

[CHORUS]

[D]I'm lonesome for my precious children,
They live so far a[A]way.
Oh may they h[D]ear my calling... Calling.. And come back h[A]ome some d[D]ay.