I'm Going Home Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

I'm Going Home by Buck Owens is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: | G | G | G | 

Verse 

G                    Am 
Sometimes when I am lonely  
           D                                 G 
I get to thinking bout the places that I've been 
                                C             Am 
I turn around in the same old direction once again  
           D                   G 
I'm going home on a midnight train 

Verse 

G                                      Am 
When I left you was the middle of the winter 
                  D                    G 
The ground was covered by a cold cold snow 
                                C          Am 
My heart was young and I was searching but in vain  
            D                  G 
I'm going home on a midnight train 

Verse 

G        D                               G 
Home is not just a place where you are living 
       D                                    G 
Home means more when you've got no place to go 
                                           C          Am 
And when you're down and need someone to stand beside you 
 D                     G 
Turn around and go on home 

Outro 

G                                      C          Am 
When you're down and need someone to stand beside you 
D                      G 
Turn around and go on home 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante