G
Different day, different town, set it up to tear it down
      C                               G
Oh, I ain't been home in almost fifty days
Houston Baton Rouge, poor girl's gotta pay her dues
        C                                G
And the speeder bus is always driving a- way
      D                                             G
Oh, I love what I do, but I wonder what I do it all for

[Chorus]
           C                  G
But when I sing, they sing a- long
       D                     C                   G
I for- get where I am, but I know where I belong
           C                Em
The reason why I'm standing here
             C                   G/B               C
It's not the miles, it's not the pay, it's not the show
             G/B                  Am                  G
It's not the fame that makes this home, it's the song

[Verse]
    G
Her birthday was in Alabama, father's day was in Montana
       C                                   G
And on Mother's day I was nowhere near the phone
Every hotel bed feels the same as the last one where I stayed
         C                                            G
And it's bending in my sheet and falling asleep alone
        D                                             G
Yeah, I love what I do, but I wonder what I do it all for

[Chorus]
           C                  G
But when I sing, they sing a- long
       D                     C                   G
I for- get where I am, but I know where I belong
           C                Em
The reason why I'm standing here
             C                   G/B               C
It's not the miles, it's not the pay, it's not the show
             G/B                  Am                  C
It's not the fame that makes this home, it's the song

[Bridge]
             Bm                Am                  D
Dolly and Lo retta, maybe some Patsy Cline, I'm so lonesome I could cry

[Chorus]
           C/G                G
But when I sing, they sing a- long
       D                     C/E        D/F#     G
I for- get where I am, but I know where I belong
           C       D        Em
The reason why I'm standing here
             C                  G/B                 C                   G/B
It's not the ride, it's not the name, it's not just staying in the game
             C                   G/B               C
It's not the miles, it's not the pay, it's not the show
             G/B                  Am                  G
It's not the fame that makes this home, it's the song

[Tag]
G
Oh, it's the song