G7M/A
I was young when I left home
                 D          C
An' I been out a-ramblin' round
      F7M/G
An' I never wrote a letter to my home
     G7M/A       D      C
To my home, lord, to my home
     F7M/G
An' I never wrote a letter to my home

      G7M/A
It was just the other day
               D       C
I was bringin' home my pay
      F7M/G
When I met an' old friend I used to know
          G7M/A
Said: Your mother is dead an' gone
                 D        C
An' your sisters all gone wrong
         F7M/G
An' your daddy needs you home right away

      G7M/A
Not a shirt on my back
            D     C
Not a penny on my name
      F7M/G
But I can't go home this a-way
     G7M/A       D      C
This a-way, lord, this a-way
      F7M/G
An' I can't go home this a-way

      G7M/A
If you miss the train I'm on
               D    C
Count the days I'm gone
         F7M/G
You will hear that whistle blow hundred miles
            G7M/A                D     C
Hundred miles, honey baby, lord, lord, lord
          F7M/G
An' you'll hear that whistle blow hundred miles

        G7M/A                             D       C
An' I'm playin' on a track, ma'd come an' woop me back
        F7M/G
On them trusses down by Ol' Jim McKay's
       G7M/A                           D    C
When I pay the debt I own to the commissary store
       F7M/G
I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home
   G7M/A       D     C
Go home, lord, lord, lord
       F7M/G
I will pawn my watch an' chain an' go home

        G7M/A
Used to tell my ma sometimes
                D       C
When I see them ridin' blind
      F7M/G
Gonna make me a home out in the wind
       G7M/A       D      C
In the wind, lord in the wind
 F7M/G
Make me a home out in the wind

        G7M/A
I don't like it in the wind
          D     C
I go back home again
       F7M/G
But I can't go home this a-way
      G7M/A        D     C
This a-way, lord, lord, lord
      F7M/G
An' I can go home this a-way

      G7M/A
I was young when I left home
                 D        C
An' I been out a-ramblin' round
       F7M/G
An' I never wrote a letter to my home
      G7M/A        D    C
To my home, lord, to my home
      F7M/G                      G7M/A    D  C  F7M/G    G
An' I never wrote a letter to my home