Chords for Merle Haggard: "Sing Me Back Home"

_ _ _ Here's one for all the ex [A]-convicts in the house.
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_ The warden led a [E] prisoner _ [D] down the hallway _ [A] to his doom. _
I stood up _ to say goodbye like all the [E] rest.
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And [A] I heard him tell the [E] warden, there's a [D] song my [A] mama sang.
_ Could I hear it once _ [E] before you [A] move along? _ _ _ _
Let him take me [E] back home [D] with the song I [A] used to hear.
_ Make _ my old memories [E] come alive.
[Abm] _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Take me [E] away _ [D] and _ turn [A] back the years.
_ Take me [E] back home [A] before I die. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ I [E] _
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_ _ recall last [E] Sunday morning a [D] _ choir from [A] off the streets
_ came in to sing the few _ [E] old gospel [B] songs.
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[A] [E] And [A] I heard him tell [E] the singer, _ _ [D] there's a song my [A] mama sang.
_ Could I hear it once _ [E] before you move [A] along?
_ Let _ _ him _ take me [E] back home [D] with the song _ [A] I used to hear.
_ Make my old memories _ [E] come alive.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] Take me [E] away _ _ [D] and turn [A] back the years.
_ Take _ me [E] back home before I [A] die. _ _ _ _ _
_ Take _ me [E] back home before [A] [D] I die. _ _ _ _
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