Chords for Hootie and the Blowfish - I'm Going Home (Live at Farm Aid 1995)
Tempo:
58.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
G#m
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Sometimes [E] I [B]
feel like [F] [F#] a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like a [Fm] [G] motherless child.
[C] [B]
[Bm] Sometimes [C] I feel [F#] like [F] [Gm] a motherless [G] child.
Long, long way from my [Cm] home.
[E] [G#m] [C#m] [E]
I'm not the child [G#m] you [F#m] want [E]
[G#m] [E]
me to be.
[G#m] Mama, please don't go.
[F#m] I want to stay here [E] for one more day.
I've been a boy for so long now.
[C#] There's so much I [E] still have to say.
Sky [G#m] real open and I hear a [F#m] loud in my head.
Like [E] a soldier home was very last day.
Cry myself [G#m] to sleep at night.
And [B] I listen while I [E] hear the angels say,
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm going [A] home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] [B] [E] [F#]
[E] [G#m] [C#] [E] Oh, so many sad [G#m] faces, [F#m] I forgot him.
[E] I'm a little boy.
He'll be all right.
[G#m] He's by my side.
He's [F#] not a little boy.
He's [E] my pride and joy.
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
Ladies and [E] gentlemen, I'm [G#m] [E]
[A] [E]
Summer [G#m] on the radio.
[F#m] With a full band.
And [E] it wasn't him.
We [G#m] had to let her go.
I've [F#m] been no [E] now.
You have six of us [G#m] and three more I still.
[F#m] Guess the father's [E] old man's a plan.
We'll see you Harry, [G#m] my best friend.
[F#m] You're the light of the land.
And [E] I cry when I hear you say,
Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, [A] I'm going [E] home.
Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [B] going home.
[E] Sha [B] [D] la la, sha la la [A] la, I'm going home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la [B] la,
[E] [B] [D] I'm going home.
[A] Sha la la, sha la la la, [E] I'm going [B] home.
Sha la la, [D] I reach up to him when I see.
Sha la, [E] [B] [D] [A] tell him [E] I want to serve him privately.
[B] Oh, show him me, [D] baby.
Sha la, [B] no, no.
[E] [B] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [D] [B]
[E] [B] [F#] [E]
[B] [F#] [G#] [Em]
feel like [F] [F#] a motherless child.
Sometimes I feel like a [Fm] [G] motherless child.
[C] [B]
[Bm] Sometimes [C] I feel [F#] like [F] [Gm] a motherless [G] child.
Long, long way from my [Cm] home.
[E] [G#m] [C#m] [E]
I'm not the child [G#m] you [F#m] want [E]
[G#m] [E]
me to be.
[G#m] Mama, please don't go.
[F#m] I want to stay here [E] for one more day.
I've been a boy for so long now.
[C#] There's so much I [E] still have to say.
Sky [G#m] real open and I hear a [F#m] loud in my head.
Like [E] a soldier home was very last day.
Cry myself [G#m] to sleep at night.
And [B] I listen while I [E] hear the angels say,
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm going [A] home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] [B] [E] [F#]
[E] [G#m] [C#] [E] Oh, so many sad [G#m] faces, [F#m] I forgot him.
[E] I'm a little boy.
He'll be all right.
[G#m] He's by my side.
He's [F#] not a little boy.
He's [E] my pride and joy.
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
Ladies and [E] gentlemen, I'm [G#m] [E]
[A] [E]
Summer [G#m] on the radio.
[F#m] With a full band.
And [E] it wasn't him.
We [G#m] had to let her go.
I've [F#m] been no [E] now.
You have six of us [G#m] and three more I still.
[F#m] Guess the father's [E] old man's a plan.
We'll see you Harry, [G#m] my best friend.
[F#m] You're the light of the land.
And [E] I cry when I hear you say,
Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, [A] I'm going [E] home.
Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [B] going home.
[E] Sha [B] [D] la la, sha la la [A] la, I'm going home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la [B] la,
[E] [B] [D] I'm going home.
[A] Sha la la, sha la la la, [E] I'm going [B] home.
Sha la la, [D] I reach up to him when I see.
Sha la, [E] [B] [D] [A] tell him [E] I want to serve him privately.
[B] Oh, show him me, [D] baby.
Sha la, [B] no, no.
[E] [B] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [D] [B]
[E] [B] [F#] [E]
[B] [F#] [G#] [Em]
Key:
E
B
G#m
D
A
E
B
G#m
_ _ Sometimes [E] I _ [B] _
_ feel like [F] _ [F#] a motherless child.
_ Sometimes I feel like a [Fm] _ [G] _ motherless child.
[C] _ [B] _
_ [Bm] Sometimes [C] I _ _ feel [F#] like [F] _ [Gm] a motherless _ [G] child.
Long, long way from my [Cm] home.
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _
I'm not the child [G#m] you [F#m] want _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
me to be.
[G#m] Mama, please don't go.
[F#m] I want to stay here [E] for one more day.
I've been a boy for so long now.
[C#] There's so much I [E] still have to say.
Sky [G#m] real open and I hear a [F#m] loud in my head.
Like [E] a soldier home was very last day.
Cry myself [G#m] to sleep at night.
And [B] I listen while I [E] hear the angels say,
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm going [A] home. _
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] Oh, so many sad [G#m] faces, [F#m] I forgot him.
[E] I'm a little boy.
He'll be all right.
[G#m] He's by my side.
He's [F#] not a little boy.
He's [E] my pride and joy.
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home. _
[E] Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
Ladies and [E] gentlemen, I'm _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Summer [G#m] on the radio.
[F#m] With a full band.
And [E] it wasn't him.
We [G#m] had to let her go.
I've [F#m] been no [E] now.
You have six of us [G#m] and three more I still.
[F#m] Guess the father's [E] old man's a plan.
We'll see you Harry, [G#m] my best friend.
[F#m] You're the light of the land.
And [E] I cry when I hear you say,
Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, [A] I'm going [E] home.
Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [B] going home.
[E] Sha _ [B] _ [D] la la, sha la la [A] la, I'm going home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la [B] la, _
[E] _ _ [B] _ [D] I'm going home.
[A] Sha la la, sha la la la, [E] I'm going [B] home.
Sha la la, [D] I reach up to him when I see.
Sha la, [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] tell him [E] I want to serve him privately.
[B] Oh, show him me, [D] baby.
Sha la, [B] no, no.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [Em] _
_ feel like [F] _ [F#] a motherless child.
_ Sometimes I feel like a [Fm] _ [G] _ motherless child.
[C] _ [B] _
_ [Bm] Sometimes [C] I _ _ feel [F#] like [F] _ [Gm] a motherless _ [G] child.
Long, long way from my [Cm] home.
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _
I'm not the child [G#m] you [F#m] want _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
me to be.
[G#m] Mama, please don't go.
[F#m] I want to stay here [E] for one more day.
I've been a boy for so long now.
[C#] There's so much I [E] still have to say.
Sky [G#m] real open and I hear a [F#m] loud in my head.
Like [E] a soldier home was very last day.
Cry myself [G#m] to sleep at night.
And [B] I listen while I [E] hear the angels say,
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm going [A] home. _
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
[E] _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [E] Oh, so many sad [G#m] faces, [F#m] I forgot him.
[E] I'm a little boy.
He'll be all right.
[G#m] He's by my side.
He's [F#] not a little boy.
He's [E] my pride and joy.
Sha la la, sha [B] la la la, sha la [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home. _
[E] Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [A] going home.
Ladies and [E] gentlemen, I'm _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Summer [G#m] on the radio.
[F#m] With a full band.
And [E] it wasn't him.
We [G#m] had to let her go.
I've [F#m] been no [E] now.
You have six of us [G#m] and three more I still.
[F#m] Guess the father's [E] old man's a plan.
We'll see you Harry, [G#m] my best friend.
[F#m] You're the light of the land.
And [E] I cry when I hear you say,
Sha la [B] la, sha [D] la la la, [A] I'm going [E] home.
Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la la, I'm [B] going home.
[E] Sha _ [B] _ [D] la la, sha la la [A] la, I'm going home.
[E] Sha [B] la la, sha [D] la la [B] la, _
[E] _ _ [B] _ [D] I'm going home.
[A] Sha la la, sha la la la, [E] I'm going [B] home.
Sha la la, [D] I reach up to him when I see.
Sha la, [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] tell him [E] I want to serve him privately.
[B] Oh, show him me, [D] baby.
Sha la, [B] no, no.
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ [Em] _