I Should Have Been Home Chords
by Blaze Foley
I Should Have Been Home by Blaze Foley is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, Em and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Blaze Foley is strumming the chords while individually picking out the notes outlined in the tab.
Standard Tuning
INTRO
Am Am Am G Am
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Am F Am Em
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Am F Am E Am
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Am
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verse 1
Saw a dancin' young lady, who worked in a bar...
Am F
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A dozen lone rangers, don't know who they are...
Am E
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The waitress was spinnin', my head was ajar...
Am F
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And I should have bee home with you...
E Am
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Am
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verse 2
Saw a reelin' old drunk man, dancin' around...
Am F
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Thought his gray whiskers, still must have been brown...
Am E
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Ida Lupino, wouldn't keep her dress down...
Am F
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I should have been home with you...
E Am
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Am
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INTERLUDE
Am F Am Em
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Am F Am E Am
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Am
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verse 3
The band rock and rolled, but it wasn't the best...
Am F
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Nearly all of them, all sound like the rest...
Am E
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Some girls look pretty, but you were the best...
Am F
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That's why I came home with you...
E Am
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Am
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verse 4
Got home about daylight, I been gone too long...
Am F
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Woke up at eleven, and saw you were gone...
Am E
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So I drank lots of coffee, and wrote you this song...
Am F
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I wish I'd have been home with you...
E Am
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I wish I'd have been home with you...
E Am
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I wish I'd have been home with you...
E Am
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Am
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E Major or E Minor? For me it's difficult to hear as the chord is being picked mostly.
I used to play it with E Minor only but haven't seen anyone else doing it so figured I was wrong.
Feel free to correct me. This won't make any difference to the notes in the tab anyway.
I also did a version with travis picking if anyone is interested.