G            D                 C              G
The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom
                                      D
I got up to say good-bye like all the rest
      G                  D             C                  G
And I heard him tell the warden just before he reached my cell
                       D              G
"Let my guitar playing friend do my request"


CHORUS:
                     D           C              G
Let him sing me back home with a song I used to hear
                           D
Make my old memories come alive
G        D       C             G
Take me away and turn back the years
             D             G
Sing Me Back Home before I die


                     D          C                    G
I recall last Sunday morning, a choir from along the street
                                 D
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
      G                  D                   C            G
And I heard him tell the singers, "There's a song my mama sang.
                         D             G
Could you sing it once before we move along?"


CHORUS:
             D           C              G
Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
                           D
Make my old memories come alive
G        D       C             G
Take me away and turn back the years
             D             G
Sing Me Back Home before I die


INSTRUMENTAL:  (same as Chorus)


CHORUS:
                       D           C              G
Won't you sing me back home with a song I used to hear
                           D
Make my old memories come alive
G        D       C             G
Take me away and turn back the years
             D             G
Sing Me Back Home before I die
             D             C    G
Sing Me Back Home before I die___