If I Could Just Go Home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Oh Lord if I c[A]ould just go home[D] I'd[G]
do thing[A]s different from now o[D]n[G]
There wouldn't [A]be near the
gray [D]in my [A]old [G]daddy's hair
[D]Oh Lord if [A]I could just go h[D]ome

[Verse 2]
[G]
I know it wasn't [A]daddy's [D]fault [A]that mama
[D]died when [A]I was just a [D]kid[G]
And the best that he could do [A]to raise me
[D]right was all he ever [A]did[D][G]
And I know he'd love [A]mama a lot longer than I
[D]had and he was every bit as [G]alone[D]
But I don't guess I'd helped
[A]too much to build a happy [D]home[G]
He made sure [A]I got to church every Sunday
the way mama had always [D]done[G]
And he was always sorry he [A]had to work [D]so hard

[Verse 3]
and he never had much time for fun
[G]
He knew [F]I missed [A]mama a lot
[D]And maybe he was easier [A]on me
[D]than he should [G]have been[D]
But it sure ain't his [A]fault that I didn't
[D]turn out to be much a [G]man
Well I've grew on [A]into my teens and I guess
I thought I [D]was a real hard [A]stuff[D][G]
Goin' into [A]town hangin' around
[D]bars and actin' pretty tough

[Verse 4]
[G]
Well I'm looking out at a different
set [A]of bars [D]now
And that [A]little window [G]don't
let it much [D]light
You see I got roarin' [A]drinkin' mad [D]one
[A]night and I [D]killed the man [G]in a fight
I got a letter [A]from back

[Verse 5]
home the other day
[A]Saying dad [D]had a stroke and
he ain't doin' [G]too good
Well if I had done [A]right I'd be there now to help
[D]him and [A]God you know [D]I would[G]
And I'd pay him [A]back for all the years
of [D]love that he [E]gave [D]me[G][D]
And I'd be a better [A]man
the way [D]I was taught to be
Oh [A]Lord if I could just go home