Chords for Marcus Mumford-I Was Young When I Left Home
Tempo:
84.475 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [G]
I was young when I left home, and I've been all [C] rambling [F] round, [G] but I never [D] wrote a letter
to my home.
[G] To my home, Lord, Lord, to my [C] home, [Dm] and [Am] I never [G] wrote a letter to my home.
It was just the other day, I was bringing on [C] my [D] pay, [Em] when I met an old [Dm] friend I used to know.
[G] He said, your mama's dead and gone, baby sister's [Em] all gone wrong, and your daddy [C] needs you [D] home right away.
Not [G] a shirt on my back, not a penny to [C] my name, [Em] but I can't [C] go home this [D] way.
[G] [C]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] If you miss the train I'm on, count the [C] days I'm gone, [Dm] you'll hear that whistle blow,
a hundred miles, a hundred [G]
miles, honey babe, Lord, [C] Lord, Lord, [Dm]
you'll hear that whistle
blow, a hundred miles.
[G] And I'm playing on the track, Mama Common brought me [C] by, on the [D] trestles down by old Jim McCabe's.
When [G] I pay the debt I owe to the [C] commissary store, I will pawn [G] my [C] watch and chain [D] and go home.
[G] Go home, Lord, Lord, [C] Lord, [D] Lord, I [C] will pawn my watch and chain and [G] go home.
[C]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] Used to tell the Lord sometimes, when you see him [C] riding [Em] blind, [Dm]
gonna make me a home out
in the wind.
[G] In the wind, Lord, Lord, in [C] the wind, gonna make me a home out in [D] the wind.
But [G] I don't like it in the wind, gonna go back home again, [C] but I can't go [D] home this way.
This way, [G]
Lord, Lord, [C] this way, and I can't go home [Dm] this way.
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [Dm]
[G] I was young when I left home, and I've been [C] all ramblin' round, [G] [D] but I never wrote a letter
to my home, to [G] my home, Lord, Lord, to [C] my home, and I never wrote a letter [G] to my home.
[B] [D] [N]
I was young when I left home, and I've been all [C] rambling [F] round, [G] but I never [D] wrote a letter
to my home.
[G] To my home, Lord, Lord, to my [C] home, [Dm] and [Am] I never [G] wrote a letter to my home.
It was just the other day, I was bringing on [C] my [D] pay, [Em] when I met an old [Dm] friend I used to know.
[G] He said, your mama's dead and gone, baby sister's [Em] all gone wrong, and your daddy [C] needs you [D] home right away.
Not [G] a shirt on my back, not a penny to [C] my name, [Em] but I can't [C] go home this [D] way.
[G] [C]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] If you miss the train I'm on, count the [C] days I'm gone, [Dm] you'll hear that whistle blow,
a hundred miles, a hundred [G]
miles, honey babe, Lord, [C] Lord, Lord, [Dm]
you'll hear that whistle
blow, a hundred miles.
[G] And I'm playing on the track, Mama Common brought me [C] by, on the [D] trestles down by old Jim McCabe's.
When [G] I pay the debt I owe to the [C] commissary store, I will pawn [G] my [C] watch and chain [D] and go home.
[G] Go home, Lord, Lord, [C] Lord, [D] Lord, I [C] will pawn my watch and chain and [G] go home.
[C]
[D] [C] [D]
[G] Used to tell the Lord sometimes, when you see him [C] riding [Em] blind, [Dm]
gonna make me a home out
in the wind.
[G] In the wind, Lord, Lord, in [C] the wind, gonna make me a home out in [D] the wind.
But [G] I don't like it in the wind, gonna go back home again, [C] but I can't go [D] home this way.
This way, [G]
Lord, Lord, [C] this way, and I can't go home [Dm] this way.
[G] [C]
[G] [D] [C] [Dm]
[G] I was young when I left home, and I've been [C] all ramblin' round, [G] [D] but I never wrote a letter
to my home, to [G] my home, Lord, Lord, to [C] my home, and I never wrote a letter [G] to my home.
[B] [D] [N]
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[D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was young when I left home, and I've been all [C] rambling [F] round, [G] but I never [D] wrote a letter
to my home.
_ [G] To my home, Lord, _ Lord, to my [C] home, [Dm] _ and [Am] I never [G] wrote a letter to my home.
_ _ It was just the other day, I was bringing on [C] my [D] pay, [Em] when I met an old [Dm] friend I used to know. _
[G] He said, your mama's dead and gone, baby sister's [Em] all gone wrong, _ and your daddy [C] needs you [D] home right away.
_ Not [G] a shirt on my back, not a penny to [C] my name, _ [Em] but I can't [C] go home this [D] way. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ If you miss the train I'm on, count the [C] days I'm gone, [Dm] _ you'll hear that whistle blow,
a hundred miles, _ a hundred [G]
miles, honey babe, Lord, [C] Lord, Lord, [Dm] _
you'll hear that whistle
blow, a hundred miles. _
[G] And I'm playing on the track, Mama Common brought me [C] by, _ on the [D] trestles down by old Jim McCabe's.
When [G] I pay the debt I owe to the [C] commissary store, _ I will pawn [G] my [C] watch and chain [D] and go home.
_ [G] Go home, Lord, _ Lord, [C] Lord, [D] Lord, I [C] will pawn my watch and chain and [G] go home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Used to tell the Lord sometimes, when you see him [C] riding [Em] blind, [Dm] _
gonna make me a home out
in the wind. _
[G] In the wind, Lord, _ Lord, in [C] the wind, _ gonna make me a home out in [D] the wind.
_ But [G] I don't like it in the wind, gonna go back home again, [C] _ but I can't go [D] home this way.
_ This way, [G]
Lord, Lord, [C] this way, _ and I can't go home [Dm] this way. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ I was young when I left home, and I've been [C] all ramblin' round, [G] _ [D] but I never wrote a letter
to my home, _ to [G] my home, Lord, _ Lord, to [C] my home, _ and I never wrote a letter [G] to my home. _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] _ _
I was young when I left home, and I've been all [C] rambling [F] round, [G] but I never [D] wrote a letter
to my home.
_ [G] To my home, Lord, _ Lord, to my [C] home, [Dm] _ and [Am] I never [G] wrote a letter to my home.
_ _ It was just the other day, I was bringing on [C] my [D] pay, [Em] when I met an old [Dm] friend I used to know. _
[G] He said, your mama's dead and gone, baby sister's [Em] all gone wrong, _ and your daddy [C] needs you [D] home right away.
_ Not [G] a shirt on my back, not a penny to [C] my name, _ [Em] but I can't [C] go home this [D] way. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ If you miss the train I'm on, count the [C] days I'm gone, [Dm] _ you'll hear that whistle blow,
a hundred miles, _ a hundred [G]
miles, honey babe, Lord, [C] Lord, Lord, [Dm] _
you'll hear that whistle
blow, a hundred miles. _
[G] And I'm playing on the track, Mama Common brought me [C] by, _ on the [D] trestles down by old Jim McCabe's.
When [G] I pay the debt I owe to the [C] commissary store, _ I will pawn [G] my [C] watch and chain [D] and go home.
_ [G] Go home, Lord, _ Lord, [C] Lord, [D] Lord, I [C] will pawn my watch and chain and [G] go home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Used to tell the Lord sometimes, when you see him [C] riding [Em] blind, [Dm] _
gonna make me a home out
in the wind. _
[G] In the wind, Lord, _ Lord, in [C] the wind, _ gonna make me a home out in [D] the wind.
_ But [G] I don't like it in the wind, gonna go back home again, [C] _ but I can't go [D] home this way.
_ This way, [G]
Lord, Lord, [C] this way, _ and I can't go home [Dm] this way. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ I was young when I left home, and I've been [C] all ramblin' round, [G] _ [D] but I never wrote a letter
to my home, _ to [G] my home, Lord, _ Lord, to [C] my home, _ and I never wrote a letter [G] to my home. _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] _ _