Tabbed by Lord of Dutch (Andrew London) This is my first time tabbing anything here so feel free to correct anything that's wrong but this is how I hear it. [Intro] G(walk up)C(walk up)D G - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - - 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 2 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 0 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 0 - 2 - 0 - - - 0 - - 2 - - - 0 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - G It was 9 A.M. when the U-Haul came C And I heard my momma call my name D My daddy taught English at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo G He was at work that day, it was time to go, We were moving on [Intro] G I was five years old and my sister was three C I was wondering what would likely become of me D My sister looked sad and I tried to be strong G It was hard just to get up and move along We were (?) [intro] G But by five in the afternoon we were gone C And my stepfather welcomed me with open arms D We walked right through that apartment door G I had never lived in an apartment before And it was weird (Guitar strumming simplifies and slows here to just soft downward strums) G I'll probably never know what it was like that night C For my dad, but I'd wager it was pretty bad D My sister and me, we stayed up late G Talking in the dark and not feeling so great G C D We were moving out of our house G Into a two-story apartment building across town C D G With a swing set and a sandbox in the middle of a parking lot G C D And a laundry room full of missing washing machines G And two dryers G C D G Keep the home fires burning G C D G Keep the home fires burning G C Keep the home, home fires D G (Strummed hard for ending)