Home On the Range

Written as a poem by Dr. Brewster M. Higley in the early 1870s and originally published in a December 1873 issue of the Smith County Pioneer. The music was written by a friend of Higley's named Daniel E. Kelly.
The song was picked up by settlers, cowboys, and others and spread across the USA.
Home on the Range is the state song of Kansas.

(G) Oh give me a home where the (C) buffalo roam
And the (G) deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play
Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word
And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day

Home, (D7) home on the (G) range
Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play
Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word
And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day

Oh give me a land where the (C) bright diamond sand
Flows (G) leisurely (A7) down the (D7) stream
Where the (G) graceful white swan goes (C) gliding along
Like a (G) maid in a (D7) heavenly (G) dream

Home, (D7) home on the (G) range
Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play
Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word
And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day

Where the air is so pure and the (C) zephyrs so free
The (G) breezes so (A7) balmy and (D7) bright
That I (G) would not exchange my (C) home on the range
for (G) all the (D7) cities so (G) bright

Home, (D7) home on the (G) range
Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play
Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word
And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day

How often at night when the (C) heavens are bright
with the (G) light of the (A7) glittering (D7) stars
Have I (G) stood there amazed and (C) asked as I gazed
If their (G) glory ex (D7) ceeds that of (G) ours

Home, (D7) home on the (G) range
Where the deer and the (A7) antelope (D7) play
Where (G) seldom is heard a dis (C) couraging word
And the (G) skies are not (D7) cloudy all (G) day

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[TheMagicalBubble]

lol..i love this song.,..

[MsMarilyn42]

 home, home on the range me and my grand daughter get a kick out of this Ha Ha Ha

[Takeninthelight]

@smithashanti0 Me too XD

[smithashanti0]

we did home on the range when we had boss of plains in 4 th grade

[iluvTaylorL2010]

hahahahahhahahhahahhahahaha me and my cuz started singin this and we look like total freaks lol :P oh welll hahahahhahhahah:D

[gj1441]

I love this songggggggggggggggggggg!:)

[seagirlize]

@cbbent im doing a report on kansas and i listen to this song while doing research

[cumminsturbo98]

Joey Shuessss

[Djraj10]

=D Awesome Song! MAkes me feel relaxed

[nathan1233521]

@freezefire2000 no this is the kansas state song get it right

[cbbent]

KANSAS FTW