A
E A B E
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[Verse 1]
E                     A             B
  Rickety fence and a rocking chair
A
  The smell of my father's pipe
E                          A         B
  A cackling goose in the summer air
A
  The garden is green and ripe

E                  A        B
  Suddenly now I'm far away
A               A
  Even if in my mind
E                     A       B
  I'm listening to my mama saying
                       A  B
  "If you can find the time


[Chorus]
A           E     D         E      A    E D E
  "Come home, come home and rest awhile
A          E     D         E    A       E D E
  Come home, come home and rest awhile
A       B       E
Get on home to Shiloh"
     A
The farther I have wandered off
    A                       E
The fonder I have grown, Shiloh
       A
Yeah, all the while I find a smile
A
Thinkin' about my home
    B
The autumn breeze is calling me away
A                      E
Calling me home to Shiloh

E A B


[Verse 2]
E                     A             B
  Over the ocean the soldier sailed
A
  The battle is finally won
E                            A          B
  His mother is pressed up against the railing
A
  Trying to find her son
E                         A         B
  Well, suddenly now she sees a face
                A
  Easy to recognize
E                                  A            B
  It's been years to wait for the sweet embrace
A
  Holding him as she cries
               B                E
"You'd better get on home to Shiloh"


[Chorus]
     A
The farther that you wander off
    A                        E
The fonder you will grow, Shiloh
       A
Yeah, all the while he found a smile
A
Thinkin' about his home
  B
A sweet reunion coming through in waves
A                      E
Calling him home to Shiloh

B A

A                      E    D           E
  Now, I've been thinkin' about my home
A               E       D            E
  I've never been but I will, I know
A             E        D          E
  Meadow green and the river wide
A            E        D            E
  Valley deep and the mountain high
A                E       D           E
  The saints of old are singing now (Shiloh)
A             E       D               E
  My ears are ringing with the sound (Shiloh)
A              E         D            E
  But greater still, as clear as day (Shiloh)
A        E      D             E
  I can hear my Savior saying
A        E      D             E
  I can hear my Savior saying
A        E      D           E
  I can hear my Savior say


A           E     D         E      A    E D E
  "Come home, come home and rest awhile     So yah you do
A             E     D         E    A       E D E
  So Come home, come home and rest awhile      La la la
A E D E A E D E

       A      B          E
Better get on home to Shiloh