Chords for Ed Bruce - If I Could Just Go Home

_ Oh Lord, if [B] I could just [E] go home _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ I'd do [B] things different from [E] now on _ _ _
_ _ _ There wouldn't [B] be ever grey [Em] in my old daddy's [A] hair
_ [E] _ Oh Lord, [B] if I could just [E] go home _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I know it [B] wasn't daddy's fault that mama [E] died when I was just a kid _
_ _ [A] _ And the best he [B] could do to raise me right _ [E] was all he ever did _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ And I know [B] he'd loved mama a lot longer than I had
[E] _ And he was ever bit as [A] alone
_ _ _ _ But I don't [B] guess I helped him much to build [E] a happy home _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] He made sure I got to church every Sunday
The way mama had always [E] done _ _
_ _ [A] _ And he was [B] always sorry he had to work so hard
[E] _ And we didn't have too much time for fun
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] He knew I missed [B] mama a lot
[E] And maybe he was easier on me than he should have been
_ _ _ _ But [B] it ain't his fault that I didn't [E] turn out to be much of a man _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] Well I grew on into my [B] teens
And I guess [E] I thought I was real hot stuff _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Going into [B] town, hanging around bars
[E] _ And acting pretty tough _
_ _ [A] _ _ Well [B] I'm looking at a different set of bars now
[E] And that one little one that don't let in [A] much light
_ _ You see I got [B] roaring drinking mad one night
[E] And I killed a man in [E] a fight _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I [B] got a letter from back home the other day
[E] Saying dad had a stroke and he ain't doing too good
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] Well if I'd have done right I'd be there now [E] to help him
And God you know I would
_ _ [A] _ _ And I'd [B] pay him back for all the years of love that he gave me
[A] And _ _ [E] _ [Em] I'd be a better man [B] _
the way I was taught [E] to be _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh [C#] Lord, if [E] I could just go home
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