Intro: (spoken)
Going back home. Hadn't been home in a long time.
G Em
The old home place, it just don't look the same to me
C Am
There's a filling station where the high school used to be
G D G
And I'm hoping that the folks will remember me
D
Now I'm home, now I'm home
G Em
Front porch of her house has just begun to sag
C Am
Every letter that she wrote is right here in my bag
G D G
When I told the boys about her, I began to brag
D G
Now I'm home, now I'm home
C G
Home, home, home, home, home
Bridge:
Am E7 Am
Something is dreadfully wrong, oh it seems
C Am
The house is boarded up, there's cobwebs hanging from the screens
F C
I think I hear the neighbours saying, "Just last week
E7 Am D G C G D
She ran away, with a man from Tennessee, to make a home"
INTERLUDE: (same as Verse)
G Em
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
C Am
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
G D G
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
D
Pa pa pa pa etc., etc.
Instrumental: