Chords for Luke Kelly Home Boys Home (1979)
Tempo:
124.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
Great for tonight.
Okay.
Let's see you sing again.
This [G] one is called home boys home.
It goes like this
Oh, well, who wouldn't be a sailor not a sailing on the main?
[D] Again, the goodwill of a [G] captain's a thing
He [C] came ashore
[G] One evening for to see and that was the [C]
beginning of my own [G] true love for me and it's home
boy
Oh, oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the [D] old country
We were the old [C] and the ash and the funny run free are all the growing [C] [D] green in the north
[G] Well, I asked before a candle to light me way to bed
Likewise for a handkerchief [G] to tie around me head
She tended to [C] me knees a like [G] a young made ought to do so then I [C] says to her now
[E] Won't you [G] jump and with me to one?
boy, oh
Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
[D] And where the old and [C] the ash and the funny run free are all the growing green [G] in the north
Well, she jumped into bed
Making no alarm
[D] Fainting a young [G] sailor lot of due to her no harm
I hugged her I kissed her the whole night long till she wished [C] a short night [D] had been seven years [G] long
And it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [C] home for [G] a while in the old [D] country
And where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing green in the north [G] country
Well early this morning the sailor lad arose [D] and in canaries apron [G] through a handful of gold
Take this me dear for the damage that I've done for tonight
[C] I fear I've left [D] you with the [G] daughter or a son and it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
And where the old and [C] the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green in the north country
And if the be a girl's child sent her out to nurse with [D] gold in her pocket [G] and the silver in her purse
To be [C] a boy's child he [D] wear the jacket blue and the [C] climbing up the rigging like [D] his daddy [G] used to do and it's home boys home
Oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the old country
Where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green [D] in the north [G] country
And so come all of you fair maidens a warning take my knee
[D] Never let a sailor [G] lad an inch above your knee
I [C] trusted one [G] and he beguiled [D] me he [G] left me with a [C] pair of twins to dangle on me knee and it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [E] home [G] for a while in the old country
And where the old [C] and the ash [D] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing [G] green in the north country
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Great for tonight.
Okay.
Let's see you sing again.
This [G] one is called home boys home.
It goes like this
Oh, well, who wouldn't be a sailor not a sailing on the main?
[D] Again, the goodwill of a [G] captain's a thing
He [C] came ashore
[G] One evening for to see and that was the [C]
beginning of my own [G] true love for me and it's home
boy
Oh, oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the [D] old country
We were the old [C] and the ash and the funny run free are all the growing [C] [D] green in the north
[G] Well, I asked before a candle to light me way to bed
Likewise for a handkerchief [G] to tie around me head
She tended to [C] me knees a like [G] a young made ought to do so then I [C] says to her now
[E] Won't you [G] jump and with me to one?
boy, oh
Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
[D] And where the old and [C] the ash and the funny run free are all the growing green [G] in the north
Well, she jumped into bed
Making no alarm
[D] Fainting a young [G] sailor lot of due to her no harm
I hugged her I kissed her the whole night long till she wished [C] a short night [D] had been seven years [G] long
And it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [C] home for [G] a while in the old [D] country
And where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing green in the north [G] country
Well early this morning the sailor lad arose [D] and in canaries apron [G] through a handful of gold
Take this me dear for the damage that I've done for tonight
[C] I fear I've left [D] you with the [G] daughter or a son and it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
And where the old and [C] the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green in the north country
And if the be a girl's child sent her out to nurse with [D] gold in her pocket [G] and the silver in her purse
To be [C] a boy's child he [D] wear the jacket blue and the [C] climbing up the rigging like [D] his daddy [G] used to do and it's home boys home
Oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the old country
Where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green [D] in the north [G] country
And so come all of you fair maidens a warning take my knee
[D] Never let a sailor [G] lad an inch above your knee
I [C] trusted one [G] and he beguiled [D] me he [G] left me with a [C] pair of twins to dangle on me knee and it's home boys home
Oh my back to be [E] home [G] for a while in the old country
And where the old [C] and the ash [D] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing [G] green in the north country
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
E
G
C
D
E
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen
Great for tonight.
Okay.
Let's see you sing again.
This [G] one is called home boys home.
It goes like this
_ Oh, well, who wouldn't be a sailor not a sailing on the main?
[D] Again, the goodwill of a [G] captain's a thing
He [C] came ashore
[G] One evening for to see and that was the [C]
beginning of my own [G] true love for me and it's home
boy
Oh, _ _ oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the [D] old country
We were the old [C] and the ash and the funny run free are all the growing [C] [D] green in the north
[G] Well, I asked before a candle to light me way to bed
Likewise for a handkerchief [G] to tie around me head
She tended to [C] me knees a like [G] a young made ought to do so then I [C] says to her now
[E] Won't you [G] jump and with me to one? _
boy, oh
_ _ Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
[D] And where the old and [C] the ash and the funny run free are all the growing green [G] in the north
Well, she jumped into bed
Making no alarm
[D] Fainting a young [G] sailor lot of due to her no harm
I hugged her I kissed her the whole night long till she wished [C] a short night [D] had been seven years [G] long
And it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to be [C] home for [G] a while in the old [D] country
And where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing green in the north [G] country
Well early this morning the sailor lad arose [D] and in canaries apron [G] through a handful of gold
Take this me dear for the damage that I've done for tonight
[C] I fear I've left [D] you with the [G] daughter or a son and it's home boys home
_ Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
And where the old and [C] the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green in the north country
And if the be a girl's child sent her out to nurse with [D] gold in her pocket [G] and the silver in her purse
To be [C] a boy's child he [D] wear the jacket blue and the [C] climbing up the rigging like [D] his daddy [G] used to do and it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the old country
Where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green [D] in the north [G] country
And so come all of you fair maidens a warning take my knee
[D] Never let a sailor [G] lad an inch above your knee
I [C] trusted one [G] and he beguiled [D] me he [G] left me with a [C] pair of twins to dangle on me knee and it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to be [E] home [G] for a while in the old country
And where the old [C] and the ash [D] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing [G] green in the north country _ _
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Great for tonight.
Okay.
Let's see you sing again.
This [G] one is called home boys home.
It goes like this
_ Oh, well, who wouldn't be a sailor not a sailing on the main?
[D] Again, the goodwill of a [G] captain's a thing
He [C] came ashore
[G] One evening for to see and that was the [C]
beginning of my own [G] true love for me and it's home
boy
Oh, _ _ oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the [D] old country
We were the old [C] and the ash and the funny run free are all the growing [C] [D] green in the north
[G] Well, I asked before a candle to light me way to bed
Likewise for a handkerchief [G] to tie around me head
She tended to [C] me knees a like [G] a young made ought to do so then I [C] says to her now
[E] Won't you [G] jump and with me to one? _
boy, oh
_ _ Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
[D] And where the old and [C] the ash and the funny run free are all the growing green [G] in the north
Well, she jumped into bed
Making no alarm
[D] Fainting a young [G] sailor lot of due to her no harm
I hugged her I kissed her the whole night long till she wished [C] a short night [D] had been seven years [G] long
And it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to be [C] home for [G] a while in the old [D] country
And where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing green in the north [G] country
Well early this morning the sailor lad arose [D] and in canaries apron [G] through a handful of gold
Take this me dear for the damage that I've done for tonight
[C] I fear I've left [D] you with the [G] daughter or a son and it's home boys home
_ Oh my back to be [C] home for a while in the old country
And where the old and [C] the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green in the north country
And if the be a girl's child sent her out to nurse with [D] gold in her pocket [G] and the silver in her purse
To be [C] a boy's child he [D] wear the jacket blue and the [C] climbing up the rigging like [D] his daddy [G] used to do and it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to [C] be home [G] for a while in the old country
Where the old [C] and the ash [G] and the funny run free are all the growing green [D] in the north [G] country
And so come all of you fair maidens a warning take my knee
[D] Never let a sailor [G] lad an inch above your knee
I [C] trusted one [G] and he beguiled [D] me he [G] left me with a [C] pair of twins to dangle on me knee and it's home boys home
_ _ Oh my back to be [E] home [G] for a while in the old country
And where the old [C] and the ash [D] and the funny run free are all [E] the growing [G] green in the north country _ _
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