Go On Ahead And Go Home
Iris DeMent
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G C G A7 DG C G [Verse 1]D G D G Go on ahead and go homeC G C G Go on ahead and go homeG/D G Boy, you've done your bestA7 Time you took your rest in theC sheltering loamD G D G Go on ahead and go homeC G C G Go on ahead and go homeG/D G The spirits of the dead will meetA7 you up aheadD G C G You won't be alone [Verse 2]D G D G Go let your mama see you smileC G C G Go let your mama see you smileG/D G Mama's going to wait however longA7 it takesC D But it's sure been awhileG D G Go let your mama see you smileC G C G Go let your mama see you smileG/D G She's standing in the sun sayingContinues after the adA7 "Boy, your works been done byD G C G D a long, long mile" [Instrumental]G A7 DG C G [Verse 3]D G D G Down where the cotton grows tallC G C G Down where the cotton grows tallG/D G Where the bramble rose and blueA7 hydrangea growsC D Beside the old mare's stallG D G Down where the cotton grows tallC G C G Down where the cotton grows tallG/D G And a fragrant delta breezeA7 shakes the cypress treesD G C G D Down deep in the Fall [Instrumental]G A7 DG C G [Verse 4]D G D G In the deep of the nightC G C G In the deep of the nightG/D G By the river so stillA7 where sorrows come to healC D And wrongs are made rightG D G Down in the deep of the nightC G C G In the deep of the nightG/D G On a creaking porch swingA7 the ancient ones singD G C G "everything is alright" [Verse 5]D G D G Go on ahead and go homeC G C G Go on ahead and go homeG Boy, you've done your bestG/D A7 Time you took your rest in theC sheltering loamD G D G Go on ahead and go homeC G C G Go on ahead and go homeG/D G The spirits of the dead will meetA7 you up aheadD G C G You won't be alone