Almost Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][G]

[Verse 1]
He had [C]plastic bags wrapped round his shoes
He was covered with the evening news
Had [G]a pair of old w[D]ool socks on his h[G]ands
The bank [C]sign was flashing 5 below
It was freezing rain an spittin' snow
He [G]was curled up be[D]hind
some garbage [G]cans

[Pre-chorus 1]
[B]I was afraid that he was dead
I [C]gave him a gentle shake
[B]When he opened up his eyes
I said [C]"Old man are you [D]ok?"
[G]He sai[D]d,

[Chorus 1]
"I just climbed out of a [C]cottonwood tree
I was runin' from [G]some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the [C]summer breeze
After jumpin' into [D]Calico creek
I was walkin' down an [C]old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had [G]just been mowed
[Em]Man I wish you'd just left me al[C]one
[D]Cause I was almost hom[G]e"
Then he said,

[Verse 2]
[C]"I was just comin' round the barn"
Bout the time he grabbed my arm
When [G]I heard Momma h[D]oller 'son hurry u[G]p'
I was [C]close enough for my own nose
To smell fresh cobbler on the stove
And [G]I saw daddy l[D]oadin' up the t[G]ruck

[Pre-chorus 2]
[B]Cane poles on the tailgate
Bobbers [C]blowin' in the wind
[B]Since July of '55 That's [C]as close as [D]I've been
[G][D]

[Chorus 2]
Yeah I just climbed out of a [C]cottonwood tree
When I was runin' from [G]some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the [C]summer breeze
After jumpin' into [D]Calico creek
I was walkin' down an [C]old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had [G]just been mowed
[Em]Man I wish you'd just left me al[C]one
[D]I was almost hom[G]e

[Bridge 1]
I said, [D]"Old man you're gonna freeze to death
Let [Em]me drive you to the mission"
He said, [C]"Boy if you left me alone
Right [D]now I'd be fishin'"

[Chorus 3]
I just climbed out of a [C]cottonwood tree
I was runin' from [G]some honey bees
Drip dryin' in the [C]summer breeze
After jumpin' into [D]Calico creek
I was walkin' [G]down an [C]old dirt road
Past a field of hay that had [G]just been mowed
[Em]Man I wish you'd just left me al[C]one
[D]Cause I was almost hom[G]e (Almost hom[Em]e)
Man I wish you'd just left [C]me alone
[D]I was almost hom[C]e
[G]