Plains of Home

Key: Em (melancholic, but warm) • Tempo: 78 bpm • Time: 4/4

Intro (gentle guitar + soft percussion, distant humming harmony)

| Em | C | G | D | x2

Verse 1

Em C

Over the ocean, far away,

G D

In Africa is where my roots stay.

Em C

My family, my home, my name,

G D

Where my children run wild, untamed.

Pre-Chorus (strings enter, rising tension)

Am C

When the night draws near,

G D

And the work of the day is gone,

Am C

That’s when my heart drifts back,

G D

To the plains of home where I belong.

Chorus (ABBA-style harmony lift)

Em C

To my family, to my heart,

G D

To my children, though we’re apart.

Em C

I will carry you in every song,

G D

Plains of home, where I belong.

Verse 2

Em C

I have no choice but to work away,

G D

No choice in where I long to stay.

Em C

In my own country I’m cast aside,

G D

For how I was born, for how I reside.

Pre-Chorus 2

Am C

The world may turn its face,

G D

But my soul will not erase.

Am C

The roots are deeper than stone,

G D

My blood is Africa, my home.

Chorus (repeat with layered harmonies, drums full)

Em C

To my family, to my heart,

G D

To my children, though we’re apart.

Em C

I will carry you in every song,

G D

Plains of home, where I belong.

Bridge (cinematic lift, echo vocals)

C G

Hear the drums across the night,

D Em

Calling me back to the firelight.

C G

Though the distance keeps me torn,

D Em

Africa’s where I was born.

Final Chorus (big key lift to Gm for emotional climax)

Gm Eb

To my family, to my heart,

Bb F

To my children, though we’re apart.

Gm Eb

I will carry you in every song,

Bb F

Plains of home, where I belong.

Outro (soft fade, humming harmonies)

Em C

Over the ocean, far away,

G D

Plains of home… I’ll return someday.