Go On Ahead and Go Home Chords by Iris Dement

[Bb] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] Go on ahead and go [Bb] home
[F] Go [Bb] _ [Eb] on ahead and [Bb] go [Eb] home _
[Bb] _ _ Boy, you done your best
Time you [C] took your rest
And the shelter [Cm] ain't long _
_ [Eb] Go on ahead and [Bb] go home
[F] _
_ [Bb] Go [Eb] on ahead [Bb] and go [Eb]
home
[Bb] The _ _ [Bb] spirits of the dead will lead you up [C] ahead and [F] you won't [Bb] be alone _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Go [F] let your [Eb] mama [Bb] see you smile
[F] Go [Bb] _ [Eb] let your mama [Bb] see you [Eb] smile
[Bb] _ _ _ Mama's gonna weigh on every [C] ball you take
But [Cm] sure, no matter what
_ [Eb] Go let your mama [Bb] see you smile
[F] [Bb] Go let [Eb] your [Bb] mama [Eb] see [Bb] you smile
_ Standing in the sun, saying boy you're worse [C] than done
[F] Bow, oh, go [Bb] on, bow
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ Down where the cotton grows tall
_ _ Down [Eb] where the cotton [Bb]
grows [Eb] tall
[Bb] _ With the brambling rose, the blue-eyed [C] red rose
Down at [Cm] old Mary's stall
[Eb] Down where that cotton [Bb] grows [F] tall
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] Down where the [Bb] cotton grows [Eb] tall
[Bb] And the fragrant dairy's bully
Sinks its eyes into the [C] [F] trees down deep [Bb] in the [Eb] fall
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] In _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] the deep [Bb] of the [Eb] night
[Bb] In [Eb] the deep [Bb] of the [Eb] _ [Bb] night
By the river so still
The sorrows come [C] to heal
And the [Eb] wrongs are made right
_ Out in the deep [Bb] of the night
In _ [Eb] the [Bb] deep of [Eb] the [Bb] night
On the creek and park swing
The ancient ones, [C] they say
[F] Everything is [Bb]
alright
[Eb] _ [Bb] Go on ahead and go home
[F] _ _ [Bb] Go [Eb] on ahead and [Bb] go home
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Boy, you've done your best
Tired, you took [C] your breath
Sheltering [Cm] _ _ low
So go on ahead and [Bb] go home
_ _ Go on [Eb] ahead [Bb] and go [Eb] home
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] Spirit's [Bb] up there, I'll meet you up [E] ahead
You [F] won't be _ [Bb] alone _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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