Standard (EADGBE)

 Key of

Intro

Crack of dawn I hit the road, set my shoulders for the heavy load

 Coffee leaking through the paper sack

The foreman says I'm late again, he can't stand it when I only grin

 He's got me eight hours, she's got me after that

 I can't wait 'til it's quittin' time

She got something cookin' for me tonight.

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 She keeps the homefires burning

 While I'm out earning a living in a world

 That's known for its pouring rain

 She keeps the homefires burning

 Ooh and it's her warm loving that keeps me returning again

Out of gas, just my luck, four bald tires on my pickup truck

 No more credit on my credit card

When I come home and hit that door I remember what these aching arms are

for

 She's my one light when the world goes dark

Tomorrow it's the same old grind

But she'll be burning in my mind

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only last two lines

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all of it and fade out